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Quercus alba - (Liriodendron tulipifera, Liquidambar styraciflua) / Calycanthus floridus / Athyrium filix-femina Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Quercus alba - (Liriodendron tulipifera, Liquidambar styraciflua) / Calycanthus floridus / Athyrium filix-femina Forest Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro... Description: This association includes mesic hardwood forests in coves and draws, in ravines along small streams, and on small stream terraces and related habitats in the southern Ridge and Valley of Georgia, extending into the western fringe of the Southern Blue Ridge, and in the adjacent Cumberland Plateau from southern Kentucky into Tennessee and possibly Alabama. The canopy is dominated by <i>Quercus alba</i> with codominance by <i>Liriodendron tulipifera, Liquidambar styraciflua</i>, and/or <i>Fagus grandifolia</i>. Some examples may have large individuals of <i>Pinus taeda</i> blending in from forests on adjacent, higher slopes, or as an artifact of past disturbance. The subcanopy is dominated by <i>Acer leucoderme</i>, but other common subcanopy trees include <i>Cornus florida, Hamamelis virginiana</i>, and <i>Oxydendrum arboreum</i>. The shrub stratum can be dense and continuous or patchy. The most constant shrub species are <i>Calycanthus floridus, Rhododendron alabamense</i>, and <i>Euonymus americanus</i>. The herbaceous stratum is sparse to patchy and composed of mesic forbs and grasses. The most constant herbs are <i>Amphicarpaea bracteata, Athyrium filix-femina, Lobelia cardinalis, Mitchella repens</i>, and <i>Polystichum acrostichoides</i>, although many other species may occur and may be more diagnostic of the community.  Accession Code: VB.CC.34885.CEGL008428 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]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686859 NatureServe Explorer   Common: Cumberland / Southern Ridge and Valley Mesic White Oak Forest   Translated: White Oak - (Tuliptree, Sweetgum) / Eastern Sweetshrub / Common Ladyfern Forest   Scientific: Quercus alba - (Liriodendron tulipifera, Liquidambar styraciflua) / Calycanthus floridus / Athyrium filix-femina Forest   Code: CEGL008428