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NY Heritage: Oak-tulip tree forest | Ecological Communities of New York, 2nd Ed.
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Name: NY Heritage: Oak-tulip tree forest
Reference: Ecological Communities of New York, 2nd Ed.
Description: A mesophytic hardwood forest that occurs on moist, well-drained sites in southeastern New York. The dominant trees include a mixture of five or more of the following: red oak (Quercus rubra), tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera), American beech (Fagus grandifolia), black birch (Betula lenta), red maple (Acer rubrum), scarlet oak (Quercus coccinea), black oak (Q. velutina), and white oak (Q. alba). There is typically a subcanopy stratum of small trees and tall shrubs dominated by flowering dogwood (Cornus florida); common associates include witch-hazel (Hamamelis virginiana), sassafras (Sassafras albidum), red maple, and black cherry (Prunus serotina). Common low shrubs include maple-leaf viburnum (Viburnum acerifolium), northern blackberry (Rubus allegheniensis), and blueberries (Vaccinium angustifolium, V. pallidum). The shrublayer and groundlayer flora may be diverse. Characteristic groundlayer herbs are white wood aster (Aster divaricatus), New York fern (Thelypteris noveboracensis), Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia), jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum), wild geranium (Geranium maculatum), spring beauty (Claytonia virginica), Solomon's-seal (Polygonatum biflorum), and false Solomon's-seal (Maianthemum racemosum). 
Accession Code: VB.CC.28591.NYHERITAGEOAKTU
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 4
      Party Perspective according to: Howard, Timothy
Perspective from: 03-Dec-2004 to: ongoing
      Names:   Other: NY Heritage: Oak-tulip tree forest