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Quercus alba - Quercus stellata - Carya carolinae-septentrionalis / Acer leucoderme - Cercis canadensis Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Quercus alba - Quercus stellata - Carya carolinae-septentrionalis / Acer leucoderme - Cercis canadensis Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This Piedmont forest occurs on soils derived from mafic rocks, in the Carolina Slate Belt and possibly elsewhere. The canopy is dominated by <i>Quercus alba</i> and <i>Quercus stellata</i>. Also present and diagnostic of this type are woody species indicative of rich, circumneutral, or mafic conditions in the region, especially <i>Carya carolinae-septentrionalis, Ostrya virginiana, Cercis canadensis var. canadensis, Acer leucoderme, Fraxinus americana</i>, and <i>Ulmus alata</i>. Other woody species may include <i>Carya glabra, Carya alba, Pinus echinata, Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana, Cornus florida, Quercus phellos, Acer rubrum var. rubrum</i>, and <i>Ilex decidua</i>. Shrubs and woody vines include <i>Vaccinium arboreum</i> and <i>Vitis rotundifolia</i>. The herb stratum is sparse and has scattered individuals of species such as <i>Danthonia spicata, Clitoria mariana, Chimaphila maculata, Scleria</i> sp., and <i>Asplenium platyneuron</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.35218.CEGL007773
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
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Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
  • This Community's Level: association
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Common: Piedmont Mafic Dry Oak-Hickory Forest (Post Oak Type)
  Translated: White Oak - Post Oak - Southern Shagbark Hickory / Chalk Maple - Eastern Redbud Forest
  Scientific: Quercus alba - Quercus stellata - Carya carolinae-septentrionalis / Acer leucoderme - Cercis canadensis Forest
  Code: CEGL007773
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689521 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo