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Fagus grandifolia - Acer saccharum - Quercus spp. Forest Group | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Fagus grandifolia - Acer saccharum - Quercus spp. Forest Group
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This group covers forests with dense canopies primarily dominated by <i>Acer saccharum</i>. <i>Fagus grandifolia</i> and <i>Tilia americana</i> often can codominate to dominate the canopy. <i>Quercus rubra</i> and <i>Ostrya virginiana</i> are common associates. Understories are rich with diverse herbaceous and shrub species. This group typically occurs on mesic, rich loam soils formed from glacial till or loess parent material. Examples of this group are found throughout the Midwest and southern Ontario ranging from eastern Kansas to northern Minnesota and east to central Ohio and St. Lawrence Lowlands in southern tip of Quebec. The primary natural dynamic affecting this group includes small gap development and replacement due to wind or tree death. However, the greatest impacts on this group are due to conversion to agriculture, logging, browsing, and grazing. Once common in many areas, very few large stands of this group remain intact across its range. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:39754-{E3FDDC7E-1631-4DD5-8BAF-8C76B70ABBD8}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 04-May-2015 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.833284 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: G021
  Scientific: Fagus grandifolia - Acer saccharum - Quercus spp. Forest Group