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NY Heritage: Acidic talus slope woodland | Ecological Communities of New York, 2nd Ed.
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Name: NY Heritage: Acidic talus slope woodland
Reference: Ecological Communities of New York, 2nd Ed.
Description: An open to closed canopy woodland that occurs on talus slopes composed of non-calcareous bedrock such as granite, quartzite, or schist. Characteristic trees include chestnut oak (Quercus montana), red oak (Q. rubra), white oak (Q. alba), white pine (Pinus strobus), red pine (P. resinosa), paper birch (Betula papyrifera), black birch (B. lenta), and mountain paper birch (B. cordifolia); striped maple (Acer pensylvanicum) and mountain maple (A. spicatum) are common subcanopy trees. Characteristic groundlayer species include many ferns: rock polypody (Polypodium virginianum), Christmas fern (Polystichum acrostichoides), marginal wood fern (Dryopteris marginalis), and rusty woodsia (Woodsia ilvensis). Other common herbs include wild sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis). Crustose lichens are abundant on the talus. Rare snakes of some acidic talus slope woodlands include include copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix) and timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus). Regional variants are known. Species characteristic of the Hudson River Valley may include witch hazel (Hamamelis virginiana), mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia), scrub oak (Quercus ilicifolia), black huckleberry (Gaylussacia baccata), blueberry (Vaccinium pallidum), and Pennsylvania sedge (Carex pensylvanica). 
Accession Code: VB.CC.28923.NYHERITAGEACIDI
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 2
      Party Perspective according to: Howard, Timothy
Perspective from: 03-Dec-2004 to: ongoing
      Names:   Other: NY Heritage: Acidic talus slope woodland