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Quercus alba - Fagus grandifolia Western Allegheny Plateau Forest | Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Quercus alba - Fagus grandifolia Western Allegheny Plateau Forest
Reference: Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This white oak - beech forest of the Western Allegheny Plateau occurs on deep, fine-textured soils of coves. <i>Quercus alba</i> is dominant, with associates including <i>Fagus grandifolia, Acer rubrum, Quercus rubra, Nyssa sylvatica</i>, and <i>Carya</i> spp. The subcanopy is characterized by <i>Fagus grandifolia, Acer rubrum, Acer saccharum</i>, and <i>Carya glabra</i>. The shrub layer is made up of <i>Cornus florida, Ostrya virginiana</i>, and <i>Castanea dentata</i>. The herbaceous layer is comprised of <i>Goodyera repens, Dioscorea quaternata, Polystichum acrostichoides, Ageratina altissima, Arisaema triphyllum, Actaea racemosa (= Cimicifuga racemosa), Carex blanda, Botrychium virginianum, Carex albursina, Polygonatum pubescens, Viola x palmata</i>, and <i>Prosartes lanuginosa (= Disporum lanuginosum)</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.31252.CEGL006144
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: Western Allegheny Oak - Beech Forest
  Translated: White Oak - American Beech Western Allegheny Plateau Forest
  Scientific: Quercus alba - Fagus grandifolia Western Allegheny Plateau Forest
  Code: CEGL006144