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Populus tremuloides / Corylus americana Forest | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Populus tremuloides / Corylus americana Forest
Reference: Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
Description: This aspen / hazelnut forest type is found along the northern tallgrass prairie-forest border in the United States and Canada. Stands occur on gently rolling, poorly drained topography with a high water table. The mature trees in this community form an open to closed canopy. The canopies of individual trees usually touch, but because of the growth form of the dominant species, <i>Populus tremuloides</i>, significant light penetrates the canopy. <i>Betula papyrifera, Fraxinus pennsylvanica, Quercus macrocarpa, Quercus ellipsoidalis</i>, and <i>Tilia americana</i> are minor constituents of the canopy. The understory is dominated by shrubs, especially <i>Corylus americana, Viburnum rafinesquianum</i>, and <i>Amelanchier</i> spp. The other species that make up the shrub layer vary with site factors such as soil moisture. The herbaceous layer is composed of species that can survive in the shade cast by the taller strata. Among these are <i>Aralia nudicaulis, Carex pensylvanica, Maianthemum canadense, Oryzopsis asperifolia</i>, and <i>Schizachne purpurascens</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.36868.CEGL002063
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: Aspen / American Hazel Forest
  Translated: Quaking Aspen / American Hazelnut Forest
  Scientific: Populus tremuloides / Corylus americana Forest
  Code: CEGL002063
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685491 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo