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Fagus grandifolia - Quercus (alba, rubra) / Acer barbatum / Asimina triloba Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Fagus grandifolia - Quercus (alba, rubra) / Acer barbatum / Asimina triloba Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This forest, dominated by <i>Fagus grandifolia</i> and <i>Quercus</i> spp., occurs on deep loess soils in the Gulf Coastal Plain region of Arkansas, northern Mississippi, western Tennessee, and western Kentucky. Examples are diverse mesic hardwood forests found on southern Crowley's Ridge (Arkansas) and related loess bluffs east of the Mississippi River. These forests have a rich species composition of mesic flora, including some species restricted, or nearly so, to this habitat in the region. <i>Fagus grandifolia</i> and <i>Quercus alba</i> and/or <i>Quercus rubra</i> may be the most important species in the canopy, although <i>Fagus</i> is often the single most dominant tree (other locally mesic stands dominated by oaks rather than <i>Fagus</i> would be accommodated by ~<i>Quercus (rubra, alba, velutina) / Acer barbatum / Asimina triloba</i> Forest (CEGL004069)$$). The presence of <i>Quercus rubra</i> is an important component of these stands and helps to distinguish this association from related types (generally found south of this type) that support only <i>Quercus alba</i>. Stands support a variety of other species indicative of rich mesic conditions, including <i>Acer barbatum, Ostrya virginiana, Asimina triloba, Arundinaria gigantea</i>, and <i>Cynoglossum virginianum</i>. Related forests of more southerly loess bluffs occur within the range of <i>Magnolia grandiflora</i> [see ~<i>(Fagus grandifolia) - Quercus pagoda - Magnolia grandiflora / Hydrangea quercifolia / Cystopteris protrusa - Thelypteris kunthii</i> Forest (CEGL007461)$$]. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.34969.CEGL004072
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: Gulf Coastal Plain Loess Bluff Beech - Oak Forest (Northern Type)
  Translated: American Beech - (White Oak, Northern Red Oak) / Southern Sugar Maple / Pawpaw Forest
  Scientific: Fagus grandifolia - Quercus (alba, rubra) / Acer barbatum / Asimina triloba Forest
  Code: CEGL004072