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Liriodendron tulipifera - Quercus montana - (Tsuga canadensis) / Kalmia latifolia - (Rhododendron catawbiense) Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Liriodendron tulipifera - Quercus montana - (Tsuga canadensis) / Kalmia latifolia - (Rhododendron catawbiense) Forest
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This community type occurs somewhat locally throughout the Northern Blue Ridge and Ridge and Valley regions of west-central and northwestern Virginia and may extend into West Virginia. Sites are located between 275 and 760 m (900-2500 feet) elevation. Stands often occupy elongated, linear patches in mesic ravines with incising first-, second-, and third-order streams. Underlying bedrock includes several sandstone and shale formations, as well as igneous and metamorphic formations of the Blue Ridge. Vegetation is a hemlock-hardwood or mixed hardwood forest that usually, but not always, has a dense evergreen shrub layer. <i>Tsuga canadensis, Quercus montana, Liriodendron tulipifera, Acer rubrum, Betula lenta, Quercus rubra</i>, and <i>Nyssa sylvatica</i> are the most characteristic and abundant trees. <i>Fagus grandifolia, Magnolia acuminata, Pinus strobus</i>, and <i>Quercus alba</i> are minor and localized overstory associates. Understory tree layers are mostly composed of younger trees of the canopy species. <i>Kalmia latifolia, Hamamelis virginiana</i>, and <i>Acer pensylvanicum</i> are the most constant and abundant species of the shrub layer; less frequently <i>Menziesia pilosa, Rhododendron catawbiense</i>, and rarely <i>Rhododendron maximum</i> may form large colonies. The herb layer is typically sparse, but some stands have substantial cover by the clonal ferns <i>Dennstaedtia punctilobula</i> and/or <i>Thelypteris noveboracensis</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:36572-{FBF53B25-203F-4D3E-BE8A-7C4848FA3674}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 36
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 01-Feb-2008 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683709 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL008512
  Translated: Tuliptree - Chestnut Oak - (Eastern Hemlock) / Mountain Laurel - (Catawba Rosebay) Forest
  Common: Central Appalachian Acidic Cove Forest
  Scientific: Liriodendron tulipifera - Quercus montana - (Tsuga canadensis) / Kalmia latifolia - (Rhododendron catawbiense) Forest
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) Tsuga canadensis - Quercus prinus / Kalmia latifolia - Rhododendron (catawbiense, maximum) / Galax urceolata Forest
(similar) CEGL008512
(similar) Tsuga canadensis - Quercus prinus - Liriodendron tulipifera / Kalmia latifolia - (Rhododendron catawbiense) Forest