Name:
Acer rubrum var. trilobum - Nyssa sylvatica / Rhododendron canescens - Viburnum nudum var. nudum / Woodwardia areolata Seep Forest
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
This forested acidic seep occurs at the base of steep to moderate slopes where water percolates out through Cretaceous or Pennsylvanian sands and gravels. Stands are known primarily from Crowley's Ridge of Arkansas and Missouri, the northern part of the Upper Coastal Plain of Kentucky and Tennessee, but it is also reported from Kentucky's Shawnee Hills and along the Natchez Trace Parkway in Alabama. Soils are deep, and often gravelly or sandy. Common or characteristic trees include <i>Acer rubrum, Betula nigra, Liquidambar styraciflua, Fagus grandifolia, Nyssa sylvatica</i>, and <i>Quercus pagoda</i>. Small trees and shrubs characteristic of the seeps include <i>Styrax americanus, Rhododendron canescens, Ilex opaca, Carpinus caroliniana, Photinia</i> spp., <i>Cornus foemina, Itea virginica, Viburnum nudum var. nudum</i>, and <i>Vaccinium</i> spp. (including <i>Vaccinium fuscatum</i>). The ground cover consists of herbaceous species such as <i>Osmunda cinnamomea, Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis, Woodwardia areolata, Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens, Carex</i> spp., <i>Juncus</i> spp., <i>Rhynchospora capitellata, Rhynchospora globularis, Saururus cernuus, Bartonia virginica</i>, and many others. Some Tennessee examples contain <i>Magnolia virginiana</i>, which is rare in that state. This vegetation occurs at the heads of small streams or on the margins of their floodplains at the upland / wetland interface. Examples from the Shawnee Hills of Kentucky (subsections 222Dc, 222Dg) are reported to be somewhat depauperate, lacking <i>Rhododendron canescens</i> and <i>Viburnum nudum</i>.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:33214-{8D25D170-3861-4227-86B8-BE326E25BA69}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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