Name:
Quercus alba - Quercus rubra - Quercus montana / Collinsonia canadensis - Podophyllum peltatum Forest
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
This association includes forests dominated by <i>Quercus alba, Quercus velutina, Quercus rubra</i>, or <i>Carya glabra, Carya tomentosa</i>, or <i>Carya ovalis</i>, occurring over circumneutral soils in the Southern Blue Ridge and adjacent inner Piedmont. These forests can occur across a broad elevation range (530-1375 m [1750-4500 feet]) in exposed topographic settings (upper slopes), as well as on more protected sites (edges of coves). Presumed upper Piedmont examples may be at lower elevations (e.g., below 305 m [1000 feet]). Other species that can be important in the canopy include <i>Quercus coccinea, Quercus montana</i>, and occasionally <i>Liriodendron tulipifera</i> where large gaps in the canopy have allowed for its generation On some sites, species more typical of "cove forests," such as <i>Fraxinus americana</i> or <i>Magnolia acuminata</i>, may form a very minor component. <i>Oxydendrum arboreum</i> and <i>Cornus florida</i> are common in the subcanopy. Heath species (<i>Rhododendron maximum</i> or <i>Kalmia latifolia</i>) are absent or very minor in the shrub stratum. On very high-base status soils, <i>Philadelphus hirsutus</i> or <i>Lindera benzoin</i> may be in the shrub stratum. The herbaceous stratum can be quite diverse and is characterized by mesic herbs and species associated with circumneutral soils, such as <i>Podophyllum peltatum, Arisaema triphyllum, Amphicarpaea bracteata, Adiantum pedatum, Collinsonia canadensis, Asplenium platyneuron, Brachyelytrum erectum, Actaea racemosa, Caulophyllum thalictroides, Sanguinaria canadensis, Tradescantia subaspera, Euphorbia purpurea, Phegopteris hexagonoptera, Polystichum acrostichoides, Athyrium filix-femina ssp. asplenioides, Dennstaedtia punctilobula</i>, and <i>Dryopteris intermedia</i>.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:35881-{BED828E1-56D2-43D1-B063-E0A80514F69F}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
187
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