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Acer (nigrum, saccharum) - Carya cordiformis Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Acer (nigrum, saccharum) - Carya cordiformis Forest
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: These are deep soil mesophytic forests of the Inner Bluegrass of Kentucky. This type also includes forests on terraces and slopes above the terraces, on deep loess soils along the Ohio River. According to Julian Campbell, these forests are distinct from other mesophytic types because <i>Fagus grandifolia</i> and <i>Liriodendron tulipifera</i> are lacking. They are dominated and/or characterized by <i>Acer nigrum</i> and/or <i>Acer saccharum</i> and <i>Carya cordiformis</i>. Historically, this vegetation was best developed in the rolling uplands of the Karst Plains of the Inner Bluegrass, where the predominant forest type was oak - ash or oak - hickory. It represents the forest of slightly more mesic slopes and swales in this landscape. As these were some of the best agricultural soils, most examples have been converted. It represents the calcareous part of Kentucky's "Deep Soil Mesophytic Forest." 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:33201-{0229B465-E0E1-46C3-8F08-CA67C71979BC}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 01-Apr-1996 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685189 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL004411
  Translated: (Black Maple, Sugar Maple) - Bitternut Hickory Forest
  Common: Inner Bluegrass Maple - Hickory Forest
  Scientific: Acer (nigrum, saccharum) - Carya cordiformis Forest
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL004411
(similar) Acer (nigrum, saccharum) - Carya cordiformis Forest
(similar) Acer (nigrum, saccharum) - Carya cordiformis Forest