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Populus tremuloides / Corylus americana Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Populus tremuloides / Corylus americana Forest
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
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 rafinesqueanum</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: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:30972-{A8F8B93F-3F21-4C39-923E-8D7BC9757C31}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 24-Jun-2013 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685491 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL002063
  Translated: Quaking Aspen / American Hazelnut Forest
  Common: Aspen / American Hazel Forest
  Scientific: Populus tremuloides / Corylus americana Forest
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL002063
(similar) Populus tremuloides / Corylus americana Forest
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