Name:
Quercus muehlenbergii - Acer saccharum - Tilia americana Forest Alliance
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
This alliance includes a variety of dry and dry-mesic forests characterized by <i>Quercus muehlenbergii</i> and <i>Acer saccharum</i>, with associates including <i>Carya ovalis, Carya ovata, Fraxinus americana, Juglans nigra, Quercus alba</i>, and <i>Tilia americana</i>. Common subcanopy trees include <i>Cercis canadensis, Cornus florida</i>, and <i>Ostrya virginiana</i>. The shrub layer is often sparse and may contain <i>Cornus alternifolia, Hamamelis virginiana, Staphylea trifolia, Viburnum prunifolium, Viburnum rafinesqueanum</i>, and <i>Zanthoxylum americanum</i>. The herbaceous layer may contain <i>Arabis laevigata, Asclepias quadrifolia, Clematis occidentalis, Packera obovata, Phryma leptostachya, Saxifraga virginiensis</i>, and <i>Triosteum aurantiacum</i>. This vegetation occurs on upper slopes and summits on limestone, dolomite, or marble substrates. The alliance ranges from Ontario, Canada, into the eastern United States from the Great Lakes and Northern Appalachians south along the Allegheny Plateau and Appalachian Mountains, east to the Piedmont, and west to the North Central Tillplain and Interior Low Plateau.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38305-{10121144-6DC8-4E55-A4C0-802272009428}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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