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Platanus occidentalis / Aesculus flava Floodplain Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Platanus occidentalis / Aesculus flava Floodplain Forest
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This floodplain forest community has been documented from rivers of West Virginia's Ohio River drainage (the western slope), including the Cheat, Greenbrier, Tygart Valley, and Bluestone rivers. It occupies stabilized terraces and levees subject to periodic overbank flooding. The microtopography is complex, with levee development along the river's edge, and swales and flatter terraces behind the levees. The alluvial soils are derived primarily from acidic sandstones and shales and range from silt to sandy loams. Measured soil pH is 4.5-6.3. The vegetation is characterized by a tall canopy of <i>Platanus occidentalis</i> with <i>Liriodendron tulipifera</i> and/or <i>Fagus grandifolia</i> over a subcanopy of <i>Aesculus flava</i>. <i>Prunus serotina</i> and <i>Acer saccharum</i> are common codominants. <i>Platanus occidentalis</i> is often concentrated as a line along the immediate river's edge. <i>Carpinus caroliniana</i> is a typical small tree and <i>Lindera benzoin</i> a typical shrub. <i>Asimina triloba</i> and <i>Viburnum prunifolium</i> are associated shrubs. <i>Hydrophyllum virginianum, Mertensia virginica, Elymus hystrix, Packera aurea, Symphyotrichum prenanthoides</i>, and <i>Viola cucullata</i> are characteristic herbs. <i>Verbesina alternifolia, Amphicarpaea bracteata, Boehmeria cylindrica</i>, and <i>Pilea pumila var. pumila</i> are frequent and may be abundant in the herb layer. The exotic herbs <i>Microstegium vimineum</i> and <i>Glechoma hederacea</i> are sometimes locally abundant, and <i>Alliaria petiolata, Hesperis matronalis, Hypericum perforatum</i>, and <i>Prunella vulgaris</i> may also be present. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:35105-{840D23D4-BB86-4FC5-B713-477501A190E2}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 20
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 06-Feb-2008 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.794875 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL006466
  Translated: American Sycamore / Yellow Buckeye Floodplain Forest
  Common: Central Appalachian Buckeye Floodplain Forest
  Scientific: Platanus occidentalis / Aesculus flava Floodplain Forest
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(similar) Platanus occidentalis / Aesculus flava Forest