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Acer saccharum / Ostrya virginiana / Brachyelytrum erectum Floodplain Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Acer saccharum / Ostrya virginiana / Brachyelytrum erectum Floodplain Forest
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: Flashy, sugar maple-dominated floodplain forests on high-gradient or submontane portions of major rivers in northern New England. Floods tend to be short-duration and high-disturbance events. Soils are alluvial sands or sandy loams over coarser substrates, sometimes interspersed with buried organic layers. <i>Acer saccharum</i> dominates the canopy, with other upland trees including <i>Quercus rubra</i> and <i>Betula alleghaniensis</i>. <i>Ostrya virginiana</i> is a common smaller tree. Shrubs are minor. The herb layer is lush, and features <i>Brachyelytrum erectum, Carex intumescens, Solidago caesia</i>, and <i>Danthonia spicata</i>. Unlike other floodplain forests, ferns are limited. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:35135-{B47047BA-6283-447B-A427-D3743091578E}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 27-Jan-2003 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684045 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL006504
  Translated: Sugar Maple / Hophornbeam / Bearded Shorthusk Floodplain Forest
  Common: High-gradient Hardwood Floodplain Forest
  Scientific: Acer saccharum / Ostrya virginiana / Brachyelytrum erectum Floodplain Forest
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) Acer saccharum / Ostrya virginiana / Brachyelytrum erectum Forest
(similar) Acer saccharum / Ostrya virginiana / Brachyelytrum erectum Floodplain Forest