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Quercus rubra - Quercus montana / Deschampsia flexuosa - Danthonia compressa - Calamagrostis porteri Woodland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Quercus rubra - Quercus montana / Deschampsia flexuosa - Danthonia compressa - Calamagrostis porteri Woodland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: These Central Appalachian communities are open, stunted woodlands of acidic, talus slopes or rocky slopes, rocky ridgetops and summits of moderate to higher elevations. Soils are shallow and acidic. The dominant species is <i>Quercus montana</i>. Associates include <i>Quercus alba, Acer rubrum, Betula lenta</i>. The shrub layer contains <i>Acer spicatum, Rhus typhina, Kalmia latifolia, Hamamelis virginiana, Viburnum acerifolium, Vaccinium stamineum, Vaccinium angustifolium, Gaylussacia baccata</i>. Herbs may include <i>Pteridium aquilinum, Aralia nudicaulis, Maianthemum canadense, Corydalis sempervirens, Calamagrostis porteri, Deschampsia flexuosa, Carex pensylvanica, Polypodium virginianum</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:33493-{0E3173F9-C945-4D3F-AFA5-1B6C5F007458}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 01-Oct-2001 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689161
  Code: CEGL004714
  Translated: Northern Red Oak - Chestnut Oak / Wavy Hairgrass - Flattened Oatgrass - Porter's Reedgrass Woodland
  Common: Central Appalachian High-Elevation Red Oak Woodland (Southern Type)
  Scientific: Quercus rubra - Quercus montana / Deschampsia flexuosa - Danthonia compressa - Calamagrostis porteri Woodland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) Quercus rubra - Quercus prinus / Deschampsia flexuosa - Danthonia compressa - Calamagrostis porteri Woodland
(similar) CEGL004714
(similar) Quercus rubra - Quercus prinus / Deschampsia flexuosa - Danthonia compressa - Calamagrostis porteri Woodland