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Juglans nigra - Aesculus glabra var. glabra - Gymnocladus dioicus / Arundinaria gigantea - (Asimina triloba) Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Juglans nigra - Aesculus glabra var. glabra - Gymnocladus dioicus / Arundinaria gigantea - (Asimina triloba) Forest
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This community represents deep-soil vegetation of calcium-rich areas in the Bluegrass Basin of Kentucky, the Nashville Basin of Tennessee, and possibly other states in the Interior Low Plateau. Due to the early and extensive use of these areas for agriculture, intact later-seral examples are extremely rare, if not extirpated. The canopy of higher quality examples is dominated by <i>Juglans nigra, Aesculus glabra var. glabra, Gymnocladus dioicus</i>, and <i>Quercus macrocarpa</i>. Less frequent canopy components would include <i>Celtis occidentalis, Prunus serotina, Carya cordiformis, Carya laciniosa, Acer nigrum, Acer saccharum, Quercus shumardii</i>, and <i>Juglans cinerea</i>. Understory species include <i>Morus rubra, Ulmus rubra</i>, and canopy species. <i>Arundinaria gigantea</i> was locally extensive, and canebrakes adjoined this community. This community had variable structure, presumably maintained by fire (perhaps once a decade). Second-growth examples are found on deep soils of woodlots and fencerows. The canopies of Bluegrass Basin examples are dominated by <i>Juglans nigra</i> and <i>Celtis</i> spp. with <i>Fraxinus americana, Prunus serotina var. serotina, Robinia pseudoacacia</i>, and scattered <i>Ulmus americana</i>. In the Nashville Basin of Tennessee, the canopy is dominated by <i>Celtis</i> spp. (<i>Celtis laevigata, Celtis occidentalis</i>) with substantial <i>Juglans nigra</i> in some examples. <i>Aesculus glabra</i> may also be present. The understory may include <i>Prunus serotina var. serotina</i> and <i>Quercus imbricaria</i>. More information is needed on higher quality examples. These forests would have naturally graded into more mesic forest vegetation containing more <i>Acer saccharum</i>, such as the ~<i>Acer (nigrum, saccharum) - Carya cordiformis</i> Forest (CEGL004411)$$ of Kentucky. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:33225-{6BB48C4C-C031-4BF4-9E73-98AF5BE97727}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 01-Apr-1996 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686218 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL004437
  Translated: Black Walnut - Ohio Buckeye - Kentucky Coffeetree / Giant Cane - (Pawpaw) Forest
  Common: Bluegrass Basin Black Walnut Canebrake Forest
  Scientific: Juglans nigra - Aesculus glabra var. glabra - Gymnocladus dioicus / Arundinaria gigantea - (Asimina triloba) Forest
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL004437
(similar) Juglans nigra - Aesculus glabra var. glabra - Gymnocladus dioicus / Arundinaria gigantea ssp. gigantea - (Asimina triloba) Forest
(similar) Juglans nigra - Aesculus glabra var. glabra - Gymnocladus dioicus / Arundinaria gigantea ssp. gigantea - (Asimina triloba) Forest