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Quercus rubra - Quercus alba - (Quercus velutina, Acer rubrum) / Viburnum acerifolium Forest | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Quercus rubra - Quercus alba - (Quercus velutina, Acer rubrum) / Viburnum acerifolium Forest
Reference: Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
Description: This dry to dry-mesic oak forest community is found in the central regions of the Great Lakes in the United States and Canada. Stands typically occur on well-drained sandy and sandy loam moraines, ice-contact topography, and fine-textured glacial lakebeds. The overstory contains <i>Quercus rubra, Quercus alba, Acer rubrum</i> and, less frequently <i>Pinus strobus, Populus grandidentata</i>, and <i>Quercus velutina</i>. The sapling layer contains <i>Prunus serotina</i> and <i>Ostrya virginiana</i>, with <i>Acer rubrum</i> or <i>Acer saccharum</i>. Shrubs include <i>Amelanchier</i> spp. and <i>Viburnum acerifolium</i>. The herbaceous layer contains <i>Aralia nudicaulis, Eurybia macrophylla (= Aster macrophyllus), Desmodium glutinosum, Desmodium nudiflorum, Maianthemum canadense</i>, and <i>Trientalis borealis</i>. Further work is needed to characterize this type rangewide. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.36796.CEGL002462
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: Northern Red Oak - White Oak - (Maple) Forest
  Translated: Northern Red Oak - White Oak - (Black Oak, Red Maple) / Mapleleaf Viburnum Forest
  Scientific: Quercus rubra - Quercus alba - (Quercus velutina, Acer rubrum) / Viburnum acerifolium Forest
  Code: CEGL002462
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683742 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo