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Acer rubrum - Nyssa sylvatica - Magnolia fraseri Forest Alliance | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Acer rubrum - Nyssa sylvatica - Magnolia fraseri Forest Alliance Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro... Description: This alliance includes forests of mesic to dry-mesic, potentially fire-exposed mid and upper slopes in the southern Appalachians. Canopy dominance is shared by a number of species including Acer rubrum var. rubrum, Betula alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis, Betula lenta, Magnolia fraseri, Oxydendrum arboreum, Nyssa sylvatica, and Tsuga canadensis, but the community's most distinctive character is the relative lack of dominance by any one species and the lack of oak species in the canopy. The understory shrub layer ranges from very dense to sparse and is comprised of either Kalmia latifolia or Rhododendron maximum, depending upon whether the site is more dry or more mesic. Although the alliance was documented in the Smoky Mountains, it is assumed that this community can be found in other similar habitat throughout the southern Appalachians.  Accession Code: VB.CC.28439.ACERRUBRUMNYSSA Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 09-Oct-2001 to: 01-May-2019
	status: accepted This Community's Level: Alliance This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Scientific: Acer rubrum - Nyssa sylvatica - Magnolia fraseri Forest Alliance   Translated: Red Maple - Blackgum - Fraser Magnolia Forest Alliance   UID: HIGHER_CLASS_UNIT.2.125643 NatureServe Explorer   Code: A.2009