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Acer saccharum - Carya ovata - Juglans nigra / Symphoricarpos orbiculatus / Galium circaezans Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Acer saccharum - Carya ovata - Juglans nigra / Symphoricarpos orbiculatus / Galium circaezans Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This association represents mesic forests over limestone in portions of the unglaciated Interior Low Plateau, including the Mitchell Plain and the dissected Knobs region of Kentucky, and the Nashville Basin of Tennessee, dominated by <i>Acer saccharum</i> with <i>Carya ovata</i> and <i>Juglans nigra</i>. Scattered individuals of <i>Quercus muehlenbergii, Quercus shumardii</i>, and <i>Tilia americana var. heterophylla</i> are also present in the more-or-less closed canopy (about 70% closure). <i>Carya ovata</i> may occur as patches or as scattered individuals. Stands of this association may be smaller-scale patches embedded in a less mesic matrix of oak-dominated forests. The high predominance of <i>Acer saccharum</i> in preference to oaks is presumably due to these more mesic and/or fire-sheltered conditions, but in some cases it may be the result of the removal of oaks by logging. The subcanopy contains <i>Acer saccharum, Ostrya virginiana, Cercis canadensis</i>, and <i>Celtis occidentalis</i>, with one or more <i>Carya</i> spp. In the shrub stratum, <i>Symphoricarpos orbiculatus</i> is a common component. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.34816.CEGL004741
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: Interior Low Plateau Mesic Sugar Maple - Hickory Forest
  Translated: Sugar Maple - Shagbark Hickory - Black Walnut / Coralberry / Licorice Bedstraw Forest
  Scientific: Acer saccharum - Carya ovata - Juglans nigra / Symphoricarpos orbiculatus / Galium circaezans Forest
  Code: CEGL004741