Name:
Quercus alba - Quercus rubra - Carya (ovata, carolinae-septentrionalis) / Cercis canadensis Forest
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
This dry-mesic forest occurs on base-rich, well-drained soils in the southern Piedmont. Stands are dominated by <i>Quercus alba</i> and often <i>Quercus rubra, Carya ovata</i>, or <i>Carya carolinae-septentrionalis</i> in combination with other species of <i>Quercus</i> and <i>Carya</i> (i.e., <i>Quercus velutina, Carya tomentosa, Carya glabra</i>). Other overstory and understory species that may occur include <i>Fraxinus americana, Liquidambar styraciflua, Carya ovalis, Liriodendron tulipifera, Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana, Cercis canadensis, Cornus florida, Viburnum rafinesqueanum, Viburnum prunifolium, Ostrya virginiana, Chionanthus virginicus, Ulmus americana, Carpinus caroliniana, Pinus taeda</i>, and <i>Pinus echinata</i>. Proportions of <i>Liquidambar styraciflua, Liriodendron tulipifera, Acer rubrum</i>, and <i>Pinus</i> spp. increase following disturbance. Herbaceous species and vines that may occur within this community include <i>Desmodium nudiflorum, Galium circaezans, Maianthemum racemosum ssp. racemosum, Polygonatum biflorum var. biflorum, Uvularia perfoliata, Aristolochia serpentaria, Scleria oligantha, Botrychium virginianum, Agrimonia rostellata, Bromus pubescens, Carex albicans, Carex laxiflora var. laxiflora, Carex planispicata, Dichanthelium boscii, Elymus hystrix var. hystrix, Festuca subverticillata, Scutellaria elliptica</i>, and <i>Tiarella cordifolia var. collina</i>. Other stands have high cover of scrambling vines, such <i>Parthenocissus quinquefolia, Bignonia capreolata</i>, and <i>Vitis rotundifolia</i>, that preclude a diversity of herbaceous species.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:35503-{C2C3764D-9DD8-4648-8545-DFA9548CE95B}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
88
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