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Quercus rubra / Magnolia tripetala - Cercis canadensis / Actaea racemosa - Tiarella cordifolia Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Quercus rubra / Magnolia tripetala - Cercis canadensis / Actaea racemosa - Tiarella cordifolia Forest
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This basic mesic forest of the southern Piedmont is a more mesic variation of ~<i>Quercus alba - Quercus rubra - Carya (ovata, carolinae-septentrionalis) / Cercis canadensis</i> Forest (CEGL007232)$$. It occurs on circumneutral to basic, well-drained soils in the Piedmont of South Carolina and possibly also occurs in Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama. Proportions of <i>Liriodendron tulipifera</i> and other early-successional species increase following disturbance. The canopy is dominated by <i>Quercus rubra</i> and often <i>Liriodendron tulipifera</i> in combination with small amounts of <i>Quercus alba</i> and <i>Fagus grandifolia</i>. This community exists in ravine areas and is best developed on the north-oriented faces of these ravines. The subcanopy is dominated by <i>Magnolia tripetala</i>, and the herb layer is diverse and moderate in cover with species such as <i>Actaea racemosa, Polystichum acrostichoides, Tiarella cordifolia</i>, and <i>Circaea lutetiana</i>. In addition, indicators of rich, somewhat basic soil, usually associated with the coves of the southern Appalachians 60 miles to the west, are present. These include species such as <i>Phegopteris hexagonoptera, Collinsonia canadensis, Eurybia divaricata, Oxalis violacea, Adiantum pedatum, Cercis canadensis, Luzula</i> spp., and <i>Corylus</i> sp. As with CEGL007232, this community is differentiated from non-basic oak-hickory forests by lacking such species as <i>Quercus falcata, Quercus coccinea</i>, and <i>Oxydendrum arboreum</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:32798-{0125483D-22B1-4B71-BC1C-C8042D7A3740}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 1
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 31-Jan-2003 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686918 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL003949
  Translated: Northern Red Oak / Umbrella-tree - Eastern Redbud / Black Baneberry - Heartleaf Foamflower Forest
  Common: Piedmont Mesic Basic Red Oak Forest
  Scientific: Quercus rubra / Magnolia tripetala - Cercis canadensis / Actaea racemosa - Tiarella cordifolia Forest
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) Quercus rubra / Magnolia tripetala - Cercis canadensis / Actaea racemosa - Tiarella cordifolia Forest
(similar) Quercus rubra / Magnolia tripetala - Cercis canadensis / Actaea racemosa - Tiarella cordifolia Forest