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Fagus grandifolia - Quercus (alba, rubra) / Acer barbatum / Asimina triloba Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Fagus grandifolia - Quercus (alba, rubra) / Acer barbatum / Asimina triloba Forest Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro... Description: This forest, dominated by Fagus grandifolia and Quercus spp., occurs on deep loess soils in the Gulf Coastal Plain region of Arkansas, northern Mississippi, western Tennessee, and western Kentucky. Examples are diverse mesic hardwood forests found on southern Crowley's Ridge (Arkansas) and related loess bluffs east of the Mississippi River. These forests have a rich species composition of mesic flora, including some species restricted, or nearly so, to this habitat in the region. Fagus grandifolia and Quercus alba and/or Quercus rubra may be the most important species in the canopy, although Fagus is often the single most dominant tree (other locally mesic stands dominated by oaks rather than Fagus would be accommodated by CEGL004069). The presence of Quercus rubra is an important component of these stands and helps to distinguish this association from related types (generally found south of this type) that support only Quercus alba. Stands support a variety of other species indicative of rich mesic conditions. Important species indicative of these conditions include Acer barbatum, Ostrya virginiana, Asimina triloba, Arundinaria gigantea, and Cynoglossum virginianum. Related forests of more southerly loess bluffs occur within the range of Magnolia grandiflora [see Fagus grandifolia - Quercus pagoda - Magnolia grandiflora / Hydrangea quercifolia / Cystopteris protrusa - Thelypteris kunthii Forest (CEGL007461)].  Accession Code: VB.CC.27794.FAGUSGRANDIFOLI Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 04-Dec-2003 to: 17-Nov-2014
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Fagus grandifolia - Quercus rubra - Quercus alba Forest Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Translated: American Beech - (White Oak, Red Oak) / Southern Sugar Maple / Common Pawpaw Forest   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.721881 NatureServe Explorer   Scientific: Fagus grandifolia - Quercus (alba, rubra) / Acer barbatum / Asimina triloba Forest   Common: Gulf Coastal Plain Loess Bluff Beech - Oak Forest (Northern Type)   Code: CEGL004072 (convergence) and Synonyms: (undetermined) Fagus grandifolia - Quercus (alba, rubra) / Acer barbatum / Asimina triloba Forest