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Tsuga caroliniana / Kalmia latifolia - Rhododendron catawbiense Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Tsuga caroliniana / Kalmia latifolia - Rhododendron catawbiense Forest
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: These forests occur with canopies dominated by <i>Tsuga caroliniana</i>, without admixtures of <i>Pinus</i> species, although <i>Quercus montana</i> may be present as a minor component. Shrub strata tend to be dense and dominated by ericaceous species such as <i>Kalmia latifolia, Rhododendron catawbiense</i>, and <i>Rhododendron minus</i>. Other minor components may include <i>Pinus virginiana, Pinus rigida, Pinus pungens, Nyssa sylvatica</i>, and <i>Quercus coccinea</i>. Other characteristic species can include <i>Xerophyllum asphodeloides, Eubotrys recurva, Polypodium appalachianum, Smilax rotundifolia</i>. This forest occurs in the upper Piedmont and Southern Blue Ridge, on narrow ridges and upper north-facing rocky slopes. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:35443-{216EC260-FB7F-47B3-8303-8574DF7F3CE7}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 20
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 01-Oct-2001 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685244 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL007139
  Translated: Carolina Hemlock / Mountain Laurel - Catawba Rosebay Forest
  Common: Carolina Hemlock Forest (Typic Type)
  Scientific: Tsuga caroliniana / Kalmia latifolia - Rhododendron catawbiense Forest
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(similar) CEGL007139
(similar) Tsuga caroliniana / Kalmia latifolia - Rhododendron catawbiense Forest