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Fagus grandifolia - Acer rubrum / Vaccinium corymbosum Wet Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Fagus grandifolia - Acer rubrum / Vaccinium corymbosum Wet Forest
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This subhydric beech-dominated forest is known from the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge in northern New Jersey and Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge in Maryland where it occurs on silt or clay silt that exhibits mottling below 5 cm. The canopy is dominated by <i>Fagus grandifolia</i> and <i>Acer rubrum</i>. Other canopy associates include <i>Liriodendron tulipifera, Quercus palustris, Quercus rubra, Quercus bicolor, Nyssa sylvatica</i>, and <i>Liquidambar styraciflua</i>. The tall-shrub layer consists of <i>Vaccinium corymbosum, Clethra alnifolia, Ilex opaca, Fagus grandifolia, Carpinus caroliniana</i>, and <i>Liquidambar styraciflua</i>. The herbaceous layer is sparse, generally less than 15% cover, except where there are beds of <i>Thelypteris noveboracensis</i> or scattered clumps of <i>Osmunda cinnamomea</i>. <i>Mitchella repens</i> and <i>Woodwardia virginica</i> may also be present. The forest is well-stratified, with the canopy about 20-25 m tall, tree subcanopy, and tall shrubs. Litter and duff, as well as branches and logs, form most of the forest floor. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:34721-{0BD4B24C-2D0D-4D59-918C-7A37FB32415C}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 17-Aug-2005 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.721899 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL006072
  Translated: American Beech - Red Maple / Highbush Blueberry Wet Forest
  Common: Beech - Red Maple Subhydric Forest
  Scientific: Fagus grandifolia - Acer rubrum / Vaccinium corymbosum Wet Forest
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(similar) Fagus grandifolia - Acer rubrum / Vaccinium corymbosum Forest