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Picea rubens - (Abies fraseri) / Vaccinium erythrocarpum / Oxalis montana - Dryopteris campyloptera / Hylocomium splendens Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Picea rubens - (Abies fraseri) / Vaccinium erythrocarpum / Oxalis montana - Dryopteris campyloptera / Hylocomium splendens Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This community is restricted to the highest mountain systems of the Southern and Central Appalachians in eastern Tennessee, western North Carolina, and southwestern Virginia, with disjunct northern outliers on the summits of the Allegheny Mountains of West Virginia. It is found on all topographic positions and is best developed between 1680 and 1990 m (5500-6200 feet) elevation. In West Virginia, it occurs on ridgetops at elevations above 1350 m (4400 feet). This association includes forests of the Southern and Central Appalachians, primarily within the range of <i>Abies fraseri</i>, dominated by <i>Picea rubens</i>, with or without <i>Abies fraseri</i>, occurring over deciduous shrubs, herbs and bryophytes. This community has a characteristic understory of Southern Appalachian endemic species and a conspicuous bryophyte layer. The tree canopy may have standing dead stems of <i>Abies fraseri</i> and extensive patches of <i>Abies fraseri</i> seedlings in canopy gaps. Characteristic species include <i>Sorbus americana, Acer spicatum, Viburnum lantanoides, Athyrium filix-femina ssp. asplenioides, Eurybia chlorolepis (= Aster chlorolepis), Rugelia nudicaulis, Houstonia serpyllifolia, Solidago glomerata, Ptilium crista-castrensis</i>, and <i>Bazzania trilobata</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.35920.CEGL007131
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: Red Spruce - Fraser Fir Forest (Deciduous Shrub Type)
  Translated: Red Spruce - (Fraser Fir) / Southern Mountain Cranberry / Mountain Woodsorrel - Mountain Woodfern / Splendid Feathermoss Forest
  Scientific: Picea rubens - (Abies fraseri) / Vaccinium erythrocarpum / Oxalis montana - Dryopteris campyloptera / Hylocomium splendens Forest
  Code: CEGL007131
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683834 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo