Name:
Quercus alba - Quercus coccinea - Quercus falcata / Kalmia latifolia - Vaccinium pallidum Forest
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
This mixed oak association includes dry, deciduous forests of low elevations (below 915 m [3000 feet]) in the Southern Blue Ridge, associated with sandy, dry soils derived from granitic gneiss and other related acidic substrates. This association is known as a matrix forest type in the area of Brevard, North Carolina, where it occurs on open slopes and broad ridges, in a landscape of a low, rolling plateau. It appears to extend south into South Carolina. These forests have canopies dominated by <i>Quercus alba, Quercus coccinea, Quercus falcata, Quercus velutina</i>, and sometimes <i>Quercus montana</i>, although other species can be present, including <i>Pinus echinata, Pinus virginiana</i>, and <i>Pinus rigida</i>. This forest is characterized by having associated species more typical of lower, non-montane areas, such as <i>Quercus falcata, Schizachyrium scoparium, Silphium compositum, Baptisia tinctoria</i>, and <i>Piptochaetium avenaceum</i>, and by the absence of species more typical in mesic, montane oak forests, including <i>Medeola virginiana, Maianthemum racemosum, Thelypteris noveboracensis, Athyrium filix-femina ssp. asplenioides, Dennstaedtia punctilobula</i>, and <i>Dryopteris intermedia)</i>. The shrub stratum can be quite open, with <i>Rhododendron calendulaceum</i> typical. <i>Kalmia latifolia</i> and <i>Vaccinium pallidum</i> are usually present in moderate abundance. <i>Solidago odora var. odora</i> and <i>Pteridium aquilinum var. latiusculum</i> are typical herb components.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:35880-{50AA6C60-EFD7-430F-AC66-DBC24D8EE489}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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