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Picea rubens - (Abies fraseri) / (Rhododendron catawbiense, Rhododendron maximum) Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Picea rubens - (Abies fraseri) / (Rhododendron catawbiense, Rhododendron maximum) Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This community is restricted to the highest mountain systems of the Southern Appalachians in eastern Tennessee, western North Carolina, and southwestern Virginia. These forests are typically found on moderately steep to steep, convex slopes at elevations between 1550 and 1830 m (5100-6000 feet). This association includes forests of the Southern Appalachians, within the range of <i>Abies fraseri</i>, currently dominated by <i>Picea rubens</i> but showing some evidence of the historical presence of <i>Abies fraseri</i> (either standing dead individuals or ample regeneration), over a shrub stratum dominated by evergreen species, typically <i>Rhododendron catawbiense</i> and <i>Rhododendron maximum</i>. Herb coverage is characteristically low, but on moist north-facing sites, mosses, ferns and forbs may be dense beneath the shrub stratum. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.35921.CEGL007130
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 (Evergreen Shrub Type)
  Translated: Red Spruce - (Fraser Fir) / (Catawba Rosebay, Great Laurel) Forest
  Scientific: Picea rubens - (Abies fraseri) / (Rhododendron catawbiense, Rhododendron maximum) Forest
  Code: CEGL007130
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689430 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo