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Name: Castanea dentata - Quercus prinus Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This community, dominated by various mixtures of <i>Castanea dentata</i> and <i>Quercus prinus</i>, sometimes strongly dominated by <i>Castanea dentata</i>, is broadly defined and poorly known, since the type is now extinct due to the reduction of <i>Castanea dentata</i> to a stump-sprouting shrub by the introduction and spread of <i>Cryphonectria parasitica</i> (Chestnut Blight). This community was once common in the southern Appalachian Mountains. There is some hope for the potential recovery of this community, or something resembling it, if a blight-resistant chestnut can be developed and introduced. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.36219.CEGL007196
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: American Chestnut Forest (Subxeric Type)
  Translated: American Chestnut - Chestnut Oak Forest
  Scientific: Castanea dentata - Quercus prinus Forest
  Code: CEGL007196
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685943 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo