Vegetation Classification and Mapping Project Report - USGS

USGS-NPS Vegetation Mapping Program
Colonial National Historical Park
Most Abundant Species:
Stratum Lifeform
Species
Tree canopy
Broad-leaved deciduous tree Juglans nigra (black walnut)
Herb (field) Forb Verbesina alternifolia (wingstem)
Characteristic Species: Cercis canadensis (eastern redbud), Juglans nigra (black walnut), Rosa
multiflora (multiflora rose), Verbesina alternifolia (wingstem).
Other Noteworthy Species: Information not available.
USFWS Wetland System: Not applicable.
DISTRIBUTION
Range: This potentially widespread association is currently known from Tennessee and
Kentucky east to the Carolinas and north to Virginia and West Virginia. It may range into
adjacent states.
States/Provinces: GA, KY, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV.
Federal Lands: DOD (Camp Dawson); NPS (Appomattox Court House, Big South Fork, Blue
Ridge Parkway, Chickamauga-Chattanooga, Colonial, Cumberland Gap, Great Smoky
Mountains, Kings Mountain, Mammoth Cave, Ninety Six, Richmond).
CONSERVATION STATUS
Rank: GNA (ruderal) (2-Apr-2001).
Reasons: This vegetation represents vegetation created by anthropogenic disturbance and is thus
not a conservation priority. Grank changed from GW to GD 2001-04-02 MP.
CLASSIFICATION INFORMATION
Status: Standard.
Confidence: 3 - Weak.
Comments: This association was originally described from Great Smoky Mountains National
Park where this association can be distinguished with aerial photography.
Similar Associations:
• Prunus serotina - Liriodendron tulipifera - Acer rubrum - Fraxinus americana Forest (CEGL006599)--is a
modified successional forest that may also have a large component of Juglans nigra and occurs on disturbed sites,
but it is largely dominated by early-successional trees in the canopy.
Related Concepts:
• Successional black walnut forest (Vanderhorst 2001) =
SOURCES
Description Authors: K. D. Patterson, mod. R. White and S. C. Gawler.
References: NatureServe Ecology - Southeastern U.S. unpubl. data, Peet et al. unpubl. data
2002, Southeastern Ecology Working Group n.d., TDNH unpubl. data, Vanderhorst 2001.
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