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Fagus grandifolia - Acer barbatum - Quercus muehlenbergii / Sanguinaria canadensis Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Fagus grandifolia - Acer barbatum - Quercus muehlenbergii / Sanguinaria canadensis Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: These rich mesophytic to submesophytic forests of calcareous ravines are found in the southeastern Virginia Coastal Plain and possibly the adjacent Piedmont. Habitats are north- to east-facing slopes and adjacent low interfluves downcut into Tertiary shell deposits or lime sands, including the Pliocene marine shell deposits of the calcium-rich Yorktown Formation. The canopies of stands of this association are typically dominated by variable combinations of <i>Fagus grandifolia, Acer barbatum, Quercus rubra, Quercus muehlenbergii, Tilia americana var. americana, Liriodendron tulipifera</i>, and <i>Quercus alba</i>. Although generally not as constant or abundant as <i>Fagus grandifolia, Acer barbatum</i>, and <i>Quercus muehlenbergii</i> occur in over two-thirds of the plot samples and are good diagnostic species. Characteristic or locally important understory species include <i>Asimina triloba, Magnolia tripetala, Ulmus rubra, Ilex opaca var. opaca, Cornus alternifolia, Cercis canadensis var. canadensis</i>, and <i>Carpinus caroliniana</i>. Common herbs are <i>Polystichum acrostichoides, Asarum canadense, Hepatica nobilis var. obtusa (= Hepatica americana), Arisaema triphyllum, Actaea racemosa (= Cimicifuga racemosa), Cardamine concatenata, Sanguinaria canadensis, Adiantum pedatum, Packera aurea (= Senecio aureus)</i>, and <i>Luzula acuminata var. carolinae</i>. The grass <i>Brachyelytrum erectum</i> is abundant and characteristic of more submesic habitats (e.g., convex north slopes) occupied by the type. Related vegetation occurs in the southern Piedmont of Virginia (Charlotte County). More floristic information is available in Ware and Ware (1992). 
Accession Code: VB.CC.35869.CEGL007181
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Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
  • This Community's Level: association
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Names:   Common: Basic Mesic Ravine Forest
  Translated: American Beech - Southern Sugar Maple - Chinkapin Oak / Bloodroot Forest
  Scientific: Fagus grandifolia - Acer barbatum - Quercus muehlenbergii / Sanguinaria canadensis Forest
  Code: CEGL007181
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687025 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo