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Quercus montana - Carya (tomentosa, glabra, ovata) / Juniperus virginiana Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Quercus montana - Carya (tomentosa, glabra, ovata) / Juniperus virginiana Forest
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This is an open-canopy forest (cover about 60-80%) which develops on dry, moderately thin soils over neutral to basic shales in the northeastern Ridge and Valley of Tennessee. The canopy also contains <i>Carya tomentosa, Carya glabra</i>, and <i>Carya ovata</i>. The open subcanopy contains <i>Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana</i> and <i>Amelanchier arborea</i>. The herbaceous layer is sparse. Spring observations include <i>Carex pensylvanica, Luzula echinata, Cardamine concatenata, Hieracium venosum</i>, and <i>Aureolaria</i> sp. <i>Silene caroliniana ssp. pensylvanica</i>, which is rare in Tennessee, is found here. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:33563-{FAD0B31B-F368-4087-A5E9-C4C84B582F4D}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687226 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL004786
  Translated: Chestnut Oak - (Mockernut Hickory, Pignut Hickory, Shagbark Hickory) / Eastern Red-cedar Forest
  Common: Ridge and Valley Shale Oak - Hickory Forest
  Scientific: Quercus montana - Carya (tomentosa, glabra, ovata) / Juniperus virginiana Forest
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) Quercus prinus - Carya (alba, glabra, ovata) / Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana Forest
(similar) CEGL004786
(similar) Quercus prinus - Carya (alba, glabra, ovata) / Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana Forest