Name:
Betula nigra - Platanus occidentalis Appalachian-Piedmont Floodplain Forest Alliance
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
These forests are dominated by <i>Betula nigra</i> and <i>Platanus occidentalis</i> with a variety of other canopy species, including <i>Acer negundo, Acer saccharinum, Celtis laevigata, Liquidambar styraciflua, Liriodendron tulipifera, Populus deltoides</i>, and <i>Salix nigra</i>. The subcanopy or tall-shrub strata may include <i>Cornus florida</i> and <i>Carpinus caroliniana</i>, along with <i>Acer rubrum, Carya</i> spp., <i>Ilex opaca, Prunus serotina</i>, and <i>Ulmus alata</i>. The shrub layer is often sparse with such species as <i>Asimina triloba, Crataegus marshallii, Crataegus viridis</i>, and <i>Lindera benzoin</i> present. Vines include <i>Berchemia scandens, Bignonia capreolata, Campsis radicans, Parthenocissus quinquefolia, Toxicodendron radicans</i>, and <i>Vitis rotundifolia</i>. Herbaceous species include <i>Arundinaria gigantea, Boehmeria cylindrica, Chasmanthium latifolium, Elymus hystrix, Impatiens capensis, Pilea pumila, Podophyllum peltatum</i>, and <i>Stellaria pubera</i>. These forests are found in riverfronts areas from the Alleghany Plateau of Pennsylvania east through the Appalachians of West Virginia and Virginia, south to the Piedmont of the Carolinas and Georgia and north to New York and New Jersey. These riverfronts experience frequent, repeated, natural disturbance in the form of flooding. They occur more frequently on sandy soils than on heavier soils, and their most characteristic location is on levees. The soils are deep and well-drained with low organic matter content and are most commonly of the Orders Inceptisol and Entisol.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38913-{0C6B8840-F216-4B2C-8B4D-8BF743E7A209}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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