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Pinus taeda - Liriodendron tulipifera / Acer saccharum Ruderal Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Pinus taeda - Liriodendron tulipifera / Acer saccharum Ruderal Forest
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This successional forest dominated by <i>Pinus taeda</i> has low levels of hardwoods present in the overstory and a potentially well-developed subcanopy. <i>Liriodendron tulipifera</i> and/or <i>Acer saccharum</i> (or <i>Acer floridanum</i> within its range) are characteristic species of this community that broadly indicate stands found in the most interior portions of the range of <i>Pinus taeda</i> in the southeastern United States; more southerly stands with <i>Liquidambar styraciflua</i> are covered by another association [see ~<i>Pinus taeda - Liquidambar styraciflua</i> Ruderal Forest (CEGL008462)$$]. <i>Liriodendron tulipifera</i> may reach the canopy but generally comprises less than 25% of total cover. In addition to <i>Liriodendron tulipifera</i>, a variety of other canopy species are possible. Other woody species documented in plots include <i>Acer rubrum, Prunus serotina var. serotina, Quercus velutina, Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana, Cornus florida</i>, and <i>Carya</i> spp. Examples over limestone may include <i>Fraxinus americana, Celtis laevigata</i>, or <i>Ulmus</i> sp. The herbaceous and shrub strata may contain <i>Toxicodendron radicans, Smilax rotundifolia, Goodyera pubescens, Chimaphila maculata, Galium circaezans, Galium pilosum, Parthenocissus quinquefolia, Polystichum acrostichoides, Pleopeltis polypodioides, Matelea</i> sp., and <i>Vaccinium</i> spp. This association is known from the Southern Ridge and Valley of Tennessee and the Cumberland Plateau of Alabama. It is also found in northern Georgia in areas peripheral to these ecoregions, as well as the Interior Low Plateau and the Upper East Gulf Coastal Plain of Tennessee. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:35415-{8C43787F-2AEE-4500-8982-5DE20A660A51}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Jul-2011 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687081 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL007105
  Translated: Loblolly Pine - Tuliptree / Sugar Maple Ruderal Forest
  Common: Interior Mid- to Late-Successional Loblolly Pine Forest
  Scientific: Pinus taeda - Liriodendron tulipifera / Acer saccharum Ruderal Forest
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(similar) CEGL007105
(similar) Pinus taeda - Liriodendron tulipifera / Acer saccharum Ruderal Forest