Login | Datasets | Logout
 

View Community Concepts - Detail

Quercus rubra - Quercus muehlenbergii / Hamamelis virginiana / Polymnia canadensis Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
  click to update datacart
Name: Quercus rubra - Quercus muehlenbergii / Hamamelis virginiana / Polymnia canadensis Forest
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This association represents forests on sheltered dolomite slopes in the Southern Blue Ridge with canopies dominated by <i>Quercus</i> spp., <i>Juglans nigra</i>, and <i>Magnolia acuminata</i>. However, a small amount of the canopy and understory is always composed of calciphilic canopy species more characteristic of areas west of the Blue Ridge, including <i>Quercus muehlenbergii</i> and <i>Juglans cinerea</i>. The dominant shrub is <i>Hamamelis virginiana</i>, but other shrubs include <i>Calycanthus floridus, Cornus alternifolia</i>, and <i>Hydrangea arborescens</i>. The herbaceous layer is lush and diverse, with typical species including <i>Impatiens</i> spp., <i>Hybanthus concolor, Polymnia canadensis, Laportea canadensis, Aquilegia canadensis, Adiantum pedatum, Sanguinaria canadensis</i>, and <i>Asarum canadense</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:35486-{BD02D3F3-890E-4132-A29D-34DAB09DD283}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 4
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 24-Oct-2002 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685314 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL007215
  Translated: Northern Red Oak - Chinquapin Oak / American Witch-hazel / White-flower Leafcup Forest
  Common: Appalachian Calcareous Oak - Walnut Forest
  Scientific: Quercus rubra - Quercus muehlenbergii / Hamamelis virginiana / Polymnia canadensis Forest
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL007215
(similar) Quercus rubra - Quercus muehlenbergii / Hamamelis virginiana / Polymnia canadensis Forest
(similar) Quercus rubra - Quercus muehlenbergii / Hamamelis virginiana / Polymnia canadensis Forest