Name:
Carya glabra - Tilia americana var. caroliniana - Acer barbatum / Trillium maculatum Forest
Reference:
Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description:
This association is a mesic to dry-mesic forest occurring on calcareous or other base-rich or circumneutral soils in the Coastal Plain of South Carolina and possibly adjacent states. Stands are dominated by a mixture of calciphilic deciduous trees, including <i>Acer barbatum, Carya glabra, Celtis laevigata, Fraxinus americana, Quercus pagoda, Quercus shumardii, Tilia americana var. caroliniana, Ulmus americana</i>, and <i>Ulmus rubra</i>. Calciphilic small trees, shrubs, and herbs dominate, including such species as <i>Aesculus pavia var. pavia, Arundinaria gigantea, Carex basiantha, Carex godfreyi, Cercis canadensis, Cornus asperifolia, Dichanthelium boscii, Elytraria caroliniensis, Fleischmannia incarnata (= Eupatorium incarnatum), Frangula caroliniana, Morus rubra, Ostrya virginiana, Rhapidophyllum hystrix, Sabal minor, Sanicula canadensis var. canadensis (= Sanicula canadensis var. floridana), Smallanthus uvedalius</i>, and <i>Trillium maculatum</i>. This association is currently broadly defined and needs additional information.
Accession Code:
VB.CC.36238.CEGL004747
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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