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Acer saccharum - Carya ovata - Juglans nigra / Symphoricarpos orbiculatus / Galium circaezans Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Acer saccharum - Carya ovata - Juglans nigra / Symphoricarpos orbiculatus / Galium circaezans Forest Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This association represents mesic forests over limestone in portions of the unglaciated Interior Low Plateau, including the Mitchell Plain and the dissected Knobs region of Kentucky, and the Nashville Basin of Tennessee, dominated by <i>Acer saccharum</i> with <i>Carya ovata</i> and <i>Juglans nigra</i>. Scattered individuals of <i>Quercus muehlenbergii, Quercus shumardii</i>, and <i>Tilia americana var. heterophylla</i> are also present in the more-or-less closed canopy (about 70% closure). <i>Carya ovata</i> may occur as patches or as scattered individuals. Stands of this association may be smaller-scale patches embedded in a less mesic matrix of oak-dominated forests. The high predominance of <i>Acer saccharum</i> in preference to oaks is presumably due to these more mesic and/or fire-sheltered conditions, but in some cases it may be the result of the removal of oaks by logging. The subcanopy contains <i>Acer saccharum, Ostrya virginiana, Cercis canadensis</i>, and <i>Celtis occidentalis</i>, with one or more <i>Carya</i> spp. In the shrub stratum, <i>Symphoricarpos orbiculatus</i> is a common component.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:33519-{5003E7D1-F85F-4CB1-9EB1-2F5B23E01569} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 15-Mar-2007 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Fagus grandifolia - Liriodendron tulipifera - Carya cordiformis Forest Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684156 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL004741   Translated: Sugar Maple - Shagbark Hickory - Black Walnut / Coralberry / Licorice Bedstraw Forest   Common: Interior Low Plateau Mesic Sugar Maple - Hickory Forest   Scientific: Acer saccharum - Carya ovata - Juglans nigra / Symphoricarpos orbiculatus / Galium circaezans Forest (convergence) and Synonyms: (similar) Acer saccharum - Carya ovata - Juglans nigra / Symphoricarpos orbiculatus / Polymnia canadensis - Bromus pubescens Forest (similar) CEGL004741 (similar) Acer saccharum - Carya ovata - Juglans nigra / Symphoricarpos orbiculatus / Galium circaezans Forest