Name:
Quercus (velutina, alba) / Vaccinium pallidum / Pteridium aquilinum Allegheny Plateau-Northeast Forest
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
This closed-canopy, dry deciduous forest of portions of the High Allegheny Plateau, Western Allegheny Plateau, portions of the central Appalachian Mountains, and southern New England, occurs on sandy or rocky soil on dry upper slopes and terraces of sandstone, shale, granite, gneiss, and other acidic parent materials. The tree canopy is dominated by a mixture of <i>Quercus velutina, Quercus alba, Quercus rubra, Quercus coccinea, Acer rubrum</i>, and <i>Quercus montana</i>. Associates include <i>Carya glabra, Carya ovata, Nyssa sylvatica, Sassafras albidum, Betula lenta</i>, and <i>Prunus serotina</i>. <i>Castanea dentata</i> was formerly common in this forest. The understory is characterized by <i>Nyssa sylvatica</i>, and in the southwestern portion of the range by <i>Oxydendrum arboreum</i>. The low-shrub layer is characterized by ericaceous shrubs such as <i>Vaccinium pallidum, Vaccinium angustifolium, Vaccinium stamineum, Gaylussacia baccata, Kalmia latifolia</i>, and <i>Rhododendron periclymenoides</i>, as well as <i>Viburnum acerifolium</i>. Typical species of the herbaceous layer include <i>Pteridium aquilinum, Carex pensylvanica, Oryzopsis asperifolia, Gaultheria procumbens, Hieracium venosum, Cypripedium acaule, Krigia biflora, Polygala paucifolia, Trientalis borealis</i>, and <i>Waldsteinia fragarioides</i>. Disturbance such as windthrow and logging favor <i>Quercus velutina</i> and <i>Betula lenta</i>.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:34669-{DE8E7D04-34C0-4542-9746-49BE8B1FF46C}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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