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NY Heritage: Spruce-northern hardwood forest | Ecological Communities of New York, 2nd Ed.
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Name: NY Heritage: Spruce-northern hardwood forest
Reference: Ecological Communities of New York, 2nd Ed.
Description: A mixed forest that occurs on lower mountain slopes and upper margins of flats on glacial till. This is a broadly defined community with several regional and edaphic variants; it is one of the most common forest types in the Adirondacks. Codominant trees are red spruce (Picea rubens), sugar maple (Acer saccharum), American beech (Fagus grandifolia), yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis), and red maple (Acer rubrum), with scattered balsam fir (Abies balsamea). Striped maple (Acer pensylvanicum) and mountain maple (A. spicatum) are common subcanopy trees. Characteristic shrubs are hobblebush (Viburnum lantanoides), American fly honeysuckle (Lonicera canadensis), and Canada yew (Taxus canadensis). Characteristic groundlayer plants are common wood-sorrel (Oxalis montana), common wood fern (Dryopteris intermedia), shining fir clubmoss (Huperzia lucidula), wild sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis), bluebeads (Clintonia borealis), goldthread (Coptis trifolia), bunchberry (Cornus canadensis), Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense), Indian cucumber-root (Medeola virginiana), and twisted stalk (Streptopus roseus). Characteristic birds include yellow-bellied flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris), white-throated sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis), golden-crowned kinglet (Regulus satrapa), pileated woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus), and gray jay (Perisoreus canadensis). 
Accession Code: VB.CC.28599.NYHERITAGESPRUC
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 1
      Party Perspective according to: Howard, Timothy
Perspective from: 03-Dec-2004 to: ongoing
      Names:   Other: NY Heritage: Spruce-northern hardwood forest