Name:
Quercus alba - Quercus rubra - Quercus montana - Tilia americana var. caroliniana / Ostrya virginiana Forest
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
This Piedmont forest often occurs in moderately protected situations on lower slopes of escarpments, on alluvial terraces, in ravine bottoms, or in rocky streambeds, and possibly in other situations in which the surface is very rocky and the substrate is basic. Many occurrences are on mafic rocks. The mixed canopy is dominated by <i>Quercus alba, Carya tomentosa, Tilia americana var. caroliniana, Quercus rubra var. rubra, Fraxinus americana, Quercus montana, Liquidambar styraciflua</i> and <i>Liriodendron tulipifera</i>. The subcanopy is dominated by <i>Ostrya virginiana, Carpinus caroliniana</i>, and <i>Cornus florida</i>. Other common species in the canopy and subcanopy include <i>Acer floridanum, Acer leucoderme, Acer rubrum var. rubrum, Cercis canadensis var. canadensis, Platanus occidentalis, Oxydendrum arboreum, Juglans nigra, Prunus serotina var. serotina, Aesculus sylvatica, Quercus phellos, Quercus nigra, Sassafras albidum</i>, and <i>Ulmus alata</i>. Shrubs of this community include <i>Viburnum rufidulum, Calycanthus floridus, Hydrangea arborescens</i>, and <i>Euonymus americanus</i>. Common herbs and vines are <i>Actaea racemosa, Asplenium platyneuron var. platyneuron, Galium circaezans, Hepatica nobilis var. obtusa, Hexastylis arifolia var. arifolia, Parthenocissus quinquefolia, Polystichum acrostichoides, Prenanthes altissima, Toxicodendron radicans, Desmodium nudiflorum, Dichanthelium</i> spp., <i>Maianthemum racemosum ssp. racemosum, Elymus virginicus var. virginicus</i>, and <i>Vitis rotundifolia</i>. The exotics <i>Ailanthus altissima, Albizia julibrissin, Lonicera japonica</i>, and <i>Lonicera maackii</i> are common in this forest.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:33327-{0072A414-9DFF-45A7-BA24-C4425A3AC119}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
19
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