Name:
Fagus grandifolia - Quercus rubra Piedmont-Ridge and Valley Forest Alliance
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
Members of this alliance are found in a broad band wrapping around the Appalachian region, from the Chesapeake Bay region of Virginia, along the Piedmont and upper/inner Atlantic Coastal Plain of the Carolinas and Georgia, west to the Ridge and Valley of Georgia and Tennessee and peripherally into the adjacent Upper East Gulf Coastal Plain. The forests of this alliance are generally distinguished by their relative dominance by <i>Fagus grandifolia</i> with <i>Quercus</i> spp., including <i>Quercus rubra, Quercus alba</i>, and <i>Quercus muehlenbergii</i>. <i>Liriodendron tulipifera</i> may be present in some examples. Species most typically abundant in the subcanopy include <i>Acer saccharum</i> (or <i>Acer floridanum</i> to the south), <i>Ilex opaca, Magnolia acuminata</i>, and <i>Ostrya virginiana</i>. Other more mesic and/or calciphilic species, such as <i>Acer saccharum, Carya</i> spp., and <i>Fraxinus americana</i> are of relatively minor importance. Examples generally occur on lower slopes in gently rolling topography, on low, sheltered slopes and along small streams in narrow ravines, as well as on small, well-drained stream terraces and flats, usually over acidic to subacidic soils.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38552-{15A1B35E-F1A2-417A-B89A-8A27DAD0CD85}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
0
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