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Quercus velutina - Carya (alba, glabra) / Vaccinium arboreum Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Quercus velutina - Carya (alba, glabra) / Vaccinium arboreum Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This dry to dry-mesic forest of the southern Interior Low Plateau is dominated by <i>Quercus velutina</i> with <i>Carya alba</i> and <i>Carya glabra</i>. Other <i>Quercus</i> species may be present in the canopy (for example <i>Quercus falcata</i> and <i>Quercus stellata</i>) as well as <i>Liquidambar styraciflua</i>. The subcanopy may contain <i>Fagus grandifolia, Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana, Sassafras albidum</i>, and <i>Liriodendron tulipifera</i>. The open tall-shrub stratum includes <i>Vaccinium arboreum</i> (which may dominate), <i>Ostrya virginiana</i>, and <i>Ilex opaca</i>. Low shrubs include <i>Vaccinium stamineum</i> and <i>Hypericum prolificum</i>. The sparse herbaceous layer contains <i>Desmodium</i> sp., <i>Chimaphila maculata, Sedum ternatum</i>, and <i>Epifagus virginiana</i>. The vines <i>Vitis rotundifolia, Toxicodendron radicans</i>, and <i>Bignonia capreolata</i> are also present. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.35231.CEGL004987
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:   Common: Highland Rim Sandy Terrace Black Oak / Farkleberry Forest
  Translated: Black Oak - (Mockernut Hickory, Pignut Hickory) / Farkleberry Forest
  Scientific: Quercus velutina - Carya (alba, glabra) / Vaccinium arboreum Forest
  Code: CEGL004987
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687174 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo