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Quercus rubra - Fraxinus americana - Acer saccharum / Actaea racemosa - Caulophyllum thalictroides Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Quercus rubra - Fraxinus americana - Acer saccharum / Actaea racemosa - Caulophyllum thalictroides Forest
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This is a rich, high-elevation red oak forest that occurs on amphibolite or other mafic rock in the Southern Blue Ridge of North Carolina and possibly adjacent Tennessee. <i>Quercus rubra</i> is constant and dominant but sometimes only weakly so. <i>Fraxinus americana</i> and <i>Acer saccharum</i> are generally abundant and have high constancy. <i>Carya</i> species are generally abundant. <i>Quercus alba, Quercus montana</i>, and <i>Prunus serotina</i> are fairly frequent and sometimes abundant. Other mesophytic trees such as <i>Betula lenta, Betula alleghaniensis, Tilia americana var. heterophylla</i>, and <i>Aesculus flava</i> are sometimes present. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:33090-{04A8959E-5109-4FAC-8B27-257B57BE8A1D}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 56
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 03-Dec-2008 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.809423 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL004256
  Translated: Northern Red Oak - White Ash - Sugar Maple / Black Baneberry - Blue Cohosh Forest
  Common: Southern Appalachian High-Elevation Red Oak Forest (Rich Type)
  Scientific: Quercus rubra - Fraxinus americana - Acer saccharum / Actaea racemosa - Caulophyllum thalictroides Forest
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) Quercus rubra - Fraxinus americana - Acer saccharum / Actaea racemosa - Caulophyllum thalictroides - Collinsonia canadensis Forest