Name:
Quercus montana - Quercus falcata Forest Alliance
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
These are dry-mesic to mesic forests dominated or codominated by <i>Quercus montana</i> with other <i>Quercus</i> species, found in a broad band from the Chesapeake Bay region, through the southern Piedmont of the Carolinas and Georgia, the Cumberlands/Ridge and Valley of Tennessee, Kentucky, and Alabama, and the Interior Low Plateau of Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio, marginally ranging into the adjacent Gulf Coastal Plain. <i>Quercus montana</i> is typically the leading dominant in these forests, but other common canopy species can include <i>Acer rubrum, Carya tomentosa, Carya glabra, Carya ovalis, Carya ovata, Carya pallida, Fagus grandifolia, Liriodendron tulipifera, Nyssa sylvatica, Pinus strobus, Quercus alba, Quercus coccinea, Quercus falcata, Quercus rubra</i>, and <i>Quercus velutina</i>. The subcanopy often contains <i>Cornus florida</i> and <i>Oxydendrum arboreum</i>. The ground flora varies depending on available light, moisture and soil nutrients but can be quite diverse, especially in associations with sparse shrub cover. In the Cumberland Plateau and other areas, forests in this alliance have replaced forests once dominated by <i>Castanea dentata</i> and often have chestnut sprouts in the understory. This represents the southern portion of the range of <i>Quercus montana</i> exclusive of the Southern Blue Ridge region. Stands found within that region are only known from lower elevations (760-1035 m [2500-3400 feet]), on moderately sheltered low ridges and slopes, flats and valleys. Stands of this alliance are generally known from upper slopes, draws and gorge slopes in the Cumberland Plateau, and from upper to middle, dry-mesic slopes in the Piedmont. Some associations at least apparently occur on mafic or circumneutral substrates.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38576-{05C561E7-85D9-473E-BBBF-99867EA590F5}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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