Name:
Fagus grandifolia - Liriodendron tulipifera - Carya cordiformis Forest Alliance
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
This basic mesic forest alliance occurs over a wide range, from southern Pennsylvania south along the Appalachians to Alabama and Georgia, as well as in the Cumberland Plateau of Kentucky and Tennessee, and west to the Interior Low Plateau from Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio, and including outliers in the Ozarks of Oklahoma, Missouri, and Arkansas, as well as the adjacent Upper East Gulf Coastal Plain. These are beech-oak, beech-tuliptree-maple, and tuliptree-oak forests, which are mesic but not as rich and diverse as true Appalachian cove forests. Its stands are characterized by a combination of <i>Acer saccharum, Carya cordiformis, Fagus grandifolia, Liriodendron tulipifera</i>, and a number of <i>Quercus</i> spp., as well as the presence of calciphilic species such as <i>Quercus muehlenbergii</i>. <i>Acer floridanum</i> or <i>Acer leucoderme</i> occur in portions of the range, as does <i>Magnolia tripetala</i>. Other canopy associates include <i>Fraxinus americana, Nyssa sylvatica, Quercus alba, Quercus rubra, Tilia americana</i>, and <i>Ulmus rubra</i>. The tree subcanopy is characterized by <i>Asimina triloba, Carpinus caroliniana, Cercis canadensis, Cornus florida</i>, and <i>Ostrya virginiana</i>. The herbaceous layer is characterized by calciphilic species, including <i>Actaea racemosa, Adiantum pedatum, Asarum canadense, Hepatica nobilis</i>, and <i>Sanguinaria canadensis</i>, as well as <i>Polystichum acrostichoides</i> and <i>Podophyllum peltatum</i>. These forests often occur on concave and sheltered landforms such as north- to east-facing slopes, low slopes, high terraces along streams, and possibly other situations, in generally dissected terrain south of the glacial boundary. The soils are fertile well-drained silt, silt loam, sandy loam, or loam.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38301-{0B5D110B-2E40-4CF3-BAE8-0BD9548C1B0A}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
0
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