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Acer saccharum - Betula alleghaniensis - Tsuga canadensis Forest Macrogroup | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Acer saccharum - Betula alleghaniensis - Tsuga canadensis Forest Macrogroup
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: These northern temperate conifer-hardwoods forests form the landscape matrix over much of the glaciated north temperate region of eastern North America, and at higher elevations along the Central and Southern Appalachians, becoming especially prominent in cooler settings. The forests are dominated by "northern hardwoods" (<i>Acer saccharum, Betula alleghaniensis</i>, and <i>Tilia americana</i>, and in parts of the range, <i>Fagus grandifolia, Fraxinus americana</i>, and <i>Quercus rubra</i>) and/or by <i>Abies balsamea, Picea glauca, Picea rubens, Pinus strobus</i>, or <i>Tsuga canadensis</i>. The canopy may be deciduous, coniferous, or mixed. These forests are found on mesic to dry sites in various landscape settings, usually not both dry and highly exposed. Climate is cool-temperate to subboreal. Soils are highly variable, from high-nutrient soils developed over limestone to acidic, nutrient-poor glacial outwash soils. Soil moisture regime is most often mesic. Spruce- or hemlock-dominated forests may occur on moist sites. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:40445-{79F76DAF-8EAF-44B0-B69E-9078F00F52AA}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 21-May-2015 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.836613 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: M014
  Scientific: Acer saccharum - Betula alleghaniensis - Tsuga canadensis Forest Macrogroup