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Pinus strobus - Tsuga canadensis / Acer pensylvanicum / Polystichum acrostichoides Forest | Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Pinus strobus - Tsuga canadensis / Acer pensylvanicum / Polystichum acrostichoides Forest
Reference: Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This dry-mesic white pine - hemlock forest of the northern central Appalachian Mountains and High Allegheny Plateau occurs on well-drained, nutrient-poor acidic soils. The vegetation is a closed-canopy conifer forest dominated by <i>Pinus strobus</i> and/or <i>Tsuga canadensis</i>. Canopy associates include <i>Fagus grandifolia, Acer rubrum, Betula lenta, Betula alleghaniensis, Quercus rubra</i>, and <i>Liriodendron tulipifera</i>. The sparse shrub layer contains <i>Acer spicatum, Hamamelis virginiana, Acer pensylvanicum</i>, and <i>Viburnum acerifolium</i>. <i>Rhododendron maximum</i> also occurs in this association in northern Pennsylvania. The sparse herb layer includes <i>Cypripedium acaule, Gaultheria procumbens, Lycopodium</i> spp., <i>Maianthemum canadense, Trientalis borealis, Mitchella repens, Medeola virginiana</i>, and <i>Polystichum acrostichoides</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.31272.CEGL006019
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: Central Appalachian White Pine - Eastern Hemlock Forest
  Translated: Eastern White Pine - Eastern Hemlock / Striped Maple / Christmas Fern Forest
  Scientific: Pinus strobus - Tsuga canadensis / Acer pensylvanicum / Polystichum acrostichoides Forest
  Code: CEGL006019