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Quercus alba - Fagus grandifolia Western Allegheny Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Quercus alba - Fagus grandifolia Western Allegheny Forest
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This white oak - beech forest of the Western Allegheny Plateau occurs on deep, fine-textured soils of coves. <i>Quercus alba</i> is dominant, with associates including <i>Fagus grandifolia, Acer rubrum, Quercus rubra, Nyssa sylvatica</i>, and <i>Carya</i> spp. The subcanopy is characterized by <i>Fagus grandifolia, Acer rubrum, Acer saccharum</i>, and <i>Carya glabra</i>. The shrub layer contains <i>Cornus florida, Ostrya virginiana</i>, and <i>Castanea dentata</i>. The herbaceous layer is composed of <i>Goodyera repens, Dioscorea quaternata, Polystichum acrostichoides, Ageratina altissima, Arisaema triphyllum, Actaea racemosa, Carex blanda, Botrychium virginianum, Carex albursina, Polygonatum pubescens, Viola x palmata</i>, and <i>Prosartes lanuginosa</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:34792-{D63320DE-5B5A-4FC5-873E-FE527E4E5058}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 25-Oct-2018 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686866 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL006144
  Translated: White Oak - American Beech Western Allegheny Forest
  Common: Western Allegheny White Oak - Beech Forest
  Scientific: Quercus alba - Fagus grandifolia Western Allegheny Forest
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL006144
(similar) Quercus alba - Fagus grandifolia Western Allegheny Plateau Forest
(similar) Quercus alba - Fagus grandifolia Western Allegheny Plateau Forest