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Pinus strobus - Populus tremuloides - (Acer rubrum) / Pteridium aquilinum Forest | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Pinus strobus - Populus tremuloides - (Acer rubrum) / Pteridium aquilinum Forest
Reference: Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
Description: This mixed conifer - hardwood semi-natural forest is found in the Great Lakes region of the United States. Stands occur on a variety of slope positions from flat to moderately sloped kettled outwash plains to steep ridges on well-drained loamy sand to sandy soils. The canopy is mixed evergreen-deciduous and can range from moderately open (10%) to moderately closed (>60%) and just 1.5 to 10.6 m (5-35 feet) tall. Species in the canopy are highly variable and can be present in the canopy, subcanopy, and tall-shrub layers. <i>Pinus strobus, Pinus resinosa, Acer rubrum, Betula papyrifera</i>, and <i>Populus tremuloides</i> are the most common species. Other possible species include <i>Abies balsamea, Picea glauca</i>, and <i>Pinus banksiana</i>. Short shrubs such as <i>Vaccinium angustifolium</i> and <i>Vaccinium myrtilloides</i> can occur. The herbaceous layer is dominated by <i>Pteridium aquilinum</i> which can form an almost continuous layer in some examples. Nonvascular species can cover up to 90% of the ground surface. This forest type resulted from extensive logging and burning of the slash during the early 1900s. The severity of this disturbance has prevented original forest types in the area from reestablishing. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.36614.CEGL005563
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: Provisional
  • This Community's Level: association
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Common: White Pine - Mixed Deciduous / Bracken Barren Forest and Scrub
  Translated: Eastern White Pine - Quaking Aspen - (Red Maple) / Western Brackenfern Forest
  Scientific: Pinus strobus - Populus tremuloides - (Acer rubrum) / Pteridium aquilinum Forest
  Code: CEGL005563
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.831153 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo