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(Prunus pensylvanica, Sorbus americana) - Rubus spp. Shrubland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: (Prunus pensylvanica, Sorbus americana) - Rubus spp. Shrubland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This vegetation includes early-successional stands of variable physiognomy (typically emergent woody species over <i>Rubus</i> spp.) that occur at high elevations in the southern Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee. Stands result from severe disturbances such as fire, windthrow, or clearcutting. The emergent trees/shrubs may be primarily a variable mixture of <i>Prunus pensylvanica </i>and <i>Sorbus americana</i>, or a variable combination of high-elevation woody species, including <i>Betula alleghaniensis, Acer spicatum</i>, and <i>Aesculus flava</i>. Common shrub and herbaceous species include <i>Rubus canadensis, Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa, Viburnum lantanoides, Rhus typhina, Aralia nudicaulis, Eurybia macrophylla, Viola</i> spp., <i>Pteridium aquilinum var. latiusculum, Dryopteris campyloptera</i>, and <i>Huperzia lucidula</i>. In the Southern Appalachians, <i>Prunus pensylvanica</i>-dominated communities result from severe disturbance in <i>Picea rubens</i> forests or <i>Picea rubens - Abies fraseri</i> forests and sometimes never recover to their original composition. Stands of this type have developed in areas such as Shining Rock Wilderness and parts of the Great Smoky Mountains, where intense fires occurred after logging had taken place. These intense fires, due to the accumulated slash, burned down nearly to mineral soil. These areas do not have as much coarse woody debris from downed spruce or fir and often have a canopy approaching that of a woodland with sparse coverage of <i>Sorbus americana</i> and <i>Prunus pensylvanica</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:35543-{E4583EAC-7A7B-4805-9483-F309C02C189B}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 15-Sep-2008 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689559 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL007293
  Translated: (Pin Cherry, American Mountain-ash) - Blackberry species Shrubland
  Common: High-Elevation Pin Cherry - Mountain-ash - Blackberry Thicket
  Scientific: (Prunus pensylvanica, Sorbus americana) - Rubus spp. Shrubland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) (Prunus pensylvanica, Sorbus americana) - Rubus spp. Successional Shrubland