Vegetation Classification and Mapping Project Report - USGS
Vegetation Classification and Mapping Project Report - USGS
Vegetation Classification and Mapping Project Report - USGS
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<strong>USGS</strong>-NPS <strong>Vegetation</strong> <strong>Mapping</strong> Program<br />
Colonial National Historical Park<br />
Other Noteworthy Species: Information not available.<br />
USFWS Wetl<strong>and</strong> System: Not applicable.<br />
DISTRIBUTION<br />
Range: This association is currently described from Virginia northward to Long Isl<strong>and</strong>, New<br />
York. The type is characteristic of the Coastal Plain throughout its range <strong>and</strong> of the Piedmont<br />
from south-central Virginia through much of Maryl<strong>and</strong>. Small outliers of this vegetation occur at<br />
low elevations on both flanks of the Blue Ridge in Virginia <strong>and</strong> Maryl<strong>and</strong>.<br />
States/Provinces: DC, DE:S5, MD, NJ:S3, NY, PA:S1, VA:S5.<br />
Federal L<strong>and</strong>s: DOD (Fort A.P. Hill, Fort Belvoir, Kerr Reservoir, Yorktown); NPS<br />
(Appomattox Court House, C&O Canal, Colonial, Fredericksburg-Spotsylvania, George<br />
Washington Parkway, National Capital-East, Petersburg, Prince William, Richmond, Rock<br />
Creek, Sagamore Hill, Shen<strong>and</strong>oah, Thomas Stone); USFWS (James River, Prime Hook).<br />
CONSERVATION STATUS<br />
Rank: G5 (31-Jan-2007).<br />
Reasons: This association is common <strong>and</strong> widespread on the northeastern Coastal Plain <strong>and</strong> the<br />
Piedmont in Virginia <strong>and</strong> Maryl<strong>and</strong>.<br />
CLASSIFICATION INFORMATION<br />
Status: St<strong>and</strong>ard.<br />
Confidence: 2 - Moderate.<br />
Comments: The regional circumscription of this type is very robust <strong>and</strong> supported by 170 plots<br />
from Virginia, Maryl<strong>and</strong>, <strong>and</strong> the District of Columbia. These were analyzed by VDNH with a<br />
1300-plot regional dataset compiled for the NCR <strong>and</strong> mid-Atlantic national parks vegetation<br />
mapping projects.<br />
Similar Associations:<br />
• Fagus gr<strong>and</strong>ifolia - Betula lenta - Quercus (alba, rubra) / Carpinus caroliniana Forest (CEGL006921).<br />
• Fagus gr<strong>and</strong>ifolia - Quercus alba - (Acer barbatum) / Mixed Herbs Forest (CEGL007206).<br />
• Fagus gr<strong>and</strong>ifolia - Quercus alba - Quercus rubra Forest (CEGL006377).<br />
• Fagus gr<strong>and</strong>ifolia - Quercus rubra / Cornus florida / Polystichum acrostichoides - Hexastylis virginica Forest<br />
(CEGL008465).<br />
• Quercus alba - Carya glabra / Mixed Herbs Coastal Plain Forest (CEGL007226).<br />
Related Concepts:<br />
• Fagus gr<strong>and</strong>ifolia - Liriodendron tulipifera - Quercus (alba, rubra) / Polystichum acrostichoides - Aster<br />
divaricatus Forest (Fleming 2001) ?<br />
• Fagus gr<strong>and</strong>ifolia - Quercus (alba, rubra) - Liriodendron tulipifera / Ilex opaca var. opaca - (Asimina triloba)<br />
Forest (Patterson pers. comm.) ?<br />
• Fagus gr<strong>and</strong>ifolia - Quercus alba - Liriodendron tulipifera - Liquidambar styraciflua Forest (Bartgis 1986) ?<br />
• Quercus spp. - Carya spp. / Cornus florida - Ilex opaca Mesic Forest (Clancy 1993) ?<br />
• CNE Mesic hardwood Forest on acidic bedrock / till (Rawinski 1984) ?<br />
• Coastal Plain Forest (Smith 1983) B<br />
• Maritime forest (Rawinski 1984) ?<br />
• Mesic Coastal Plain mixed oak forest, mixed oak - beech forest subtype (Breden 1989) ?<br />
• Mixed oak forest of the south Jersey mesic upl<strong>and</strong>s (Robichaud <strong>and</strong> Buell 1973) ?<br />
• Southern New Engl<strong>and</strong> oak / pine forest on s<strong>and</strong>y / gravelly soils (Rawinski 1984) ?<br />
SOURCES<br />
Description Authors: S. L. Neid, mod. G. Fleming <strong>and</strong> L. A. Sneddon.<br />
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