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Acer rubrum - Quercus spp. / Smilax spp. Serpentine Forest | Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Acer rubrum - Quercus spp. / Smilax spp. Serpentine Forest
Reference: Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This serpentine plant community is associated with soils derived from weathered serpentine bedrock and typically occurs on upper slopes and interfluves with a southerly aspect. Soils are typically silt loams, greater than 30 cm deep. In Pennsylvania serpentine barrens, the forest or woodland canopy is dominated by <i>Acer rubrum</i> and <i>Quercus alba</i>, as well as other oak species, including <i>Quercus falcata, Quercus rubra</i>, and <i>Quercus velutina</i>. On Staten Island, New York, the canopy includes <i>Betula populifolia</i> and <i>Populus tremuloides</i> in addition to <i>Quercus velutina</i> and <i>Sassafras albidum</i>. The subcanopy is characterized by <i>Acer rubrum, Quercus alba, Nyssa sylvatica</i>, and <i>Prunus serotina</i>. The shrub layer is dominated by <i>Smilax rotundifolia</i> and/or <i>Smilax glauca</i>. <i>Vaccinium pallidum, Rubus allegheniensis, Gaylussacia baccata, Prunus serotina, Morella pensylvanica (= Myrica pensylvanica), Rhus copallinum</i>, and/or <i>Viburnum recognitum</i> may also be present in the shrub layer. The herbaceous layer under the canopy cover is depauperate and typically dominated by <i>Smilax rotundifolia, Smilax glauca</i>, and <i>Microstegium vimineum</i>. Other typical herbaceous species include <i>Danthonia spicata, Carex glaucodea</i>, and <i>Lonicera japonica</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.31005.CEGL006438
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
  • This Community's Level: association
  • This Community's Children: [none]
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  Common: Serpentine Red Maple - Oak / Greenbrier Serpentine Forest
  Translated: Red Maple - Oak species / Greenbrier species Serpentine Forest
  Scientific: Acer rubrum - Quercus spp. / Smilax spp. Serpentine Forest
  Code: CEGL006438