Sumter National Forest Final Report - NatureServe

• Pinus echinata - Quercus alba / Vaccinium pallidum / Hexastylis arifolia - Chimaphila maculata Forest (CEGL008427) -- arelated mixed type.• Quercus alba - Carya alba / Euonymus americana / Hexastylis arifolia Forest (CEGL006227) -- a more mesic type with rangeoverlap in the southern Piedmont.• Quercus alba - Quercus falcata / Vaccinium (arboreum, hirsutum, pallidum) Forest (CEGL008567) -- more eastern and montanein distribution.• Quercus falcata - Quercus alba - Quercus stellata - Quercus velutina Forest (CEGL005018)Related Concepts:• Black Oak: 110 (Eyre 1980) B• IA6i. Interior Upland Dry-Mesic Oak - Hickory Forest (Allard 1990) B• Mesotrophic Forest (Rawinski 1992) ?• Southern Red Oak, HR (Pyne 1994) B• Submesic Broadleaf Deciduous Forest (Ambrose 1990a) B• White Oak - Black Oak - Northern Red Oak: 52 (Eyre 1980) B• White Oak - Mixed Hardwoods, HR (Pyne 1994) B White Oak - Mixed Oak - Hickory, HR (Pyne 1994) B• White Oak: 53 (Eyre 1980) BClassification Comments: The limits of the range of this type needs to be clarified in Kentucky.CONSERVATION RANKING & RARE SPECIESGRank: G4G5 (2002-10-15): This is not a rare forest type, although most examples have been impacted by removal of the morevaluable timber species (e.g., Quercus alba), and remaining ones on private land are highly vulnerable to canopy removal andconversion to other forest types or other land uses.High-ranked species: Amorpha schwerinii (G3G4), Brickellia cordifolia (G2G3), Monotropsis odorata (G3), Rhus michauxii (G2)ELEMENT DISTRIBUTIONRange: This southern red oak - white oak dry forest is found in the Piedmont of Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, andVirginia, and in the interior uplands and Cumberland Plateau of Kentucky and Tennessee. It has also been reported from the UpperEast Gulf Coastal Plain of Mississippi, Tennessee and Georgia.Subnations: AL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA?TNC Ecoregions: 43:C, 44:C, 50:C, 52:C, 53:?USFS Ecoregions: 221Hc:CCC, 222Cg:CCC, 222Eb:CCC, 231Ae:CCCFederal Lands: DOD (Arnold, Fort Benning, Fort Gordon?); DOE (Oak Ridge); NPS (Cowpens, Guilford Courthouse, KingsMountain, Little River Canyon?, Ninety Six, Shiloh); USFS (Daniel Boone, Holly Springs?, Oconee, Sumter, Talladega, Uwharrie);USFWS (Eufaula)ELEMENT SOURCESReferences: ALNHP 2002, Allard 1990, Ambrose 1990a, Evans 1991, Eyre 1980, Golden 1979, NatureServe Ecology -Southeastern U.S. unpubl. data, Oberholster 1993, Oosting 1942, Peet and Christensen 1980, Peet et al. unpubl. data 2002, Pyne1994, Rawinski 1992, Schafale and Weakley 1990, Southeastern Ecology Working Group n.d.WHITE OAK - NORTHERN RED OAK - PIGNUT HICKORY - SHAGBARK HICKORY / DOWNY ARROW-WOOD / THREE-PARTED YELLOW VIOLET FORESTELEMENT IDENTIFIERSNVC association: Quercus alba - Quercus rubra - Carya glabra - Carya ovata / Viburnum rafinesquianum / Viola tripartita ForestDatabase Code: CEGL007236Formation: Lowland or submontane cold-deciduous forest (I.B.2.N.a)Alliance: Quercus alba - (Quercus rubra, Carya spp.) Forest Alliance (A.239)ELEMENT CONCEPTSummary: This association accommodates basic, dry-mesic oak-hickory forests of the Piedmont. Stands would be expected tocontain Quercus alba, Quercus rubra, Carya glabra, and Carya ovata in the canopy. Other species indicative of mafic orcircumneutral conditions would also be present, such as Viburnum rafinesquianum, Cercis canadensis, Quercus shumardii, andpossibly other species.Environment: No informationVegetation: Stands of this type would be expected to contain Quercus alba, Quercus rubra, Carya glabra, and Carya ovata in thecanopy, Viburnum rafinesquianum as a typical shrub, and Viola tripartita as a typical herb. More information is needed.Dynamics: No informationSimilar Associations:Vegetation of Sumter National Forest April 30 2004Copyright © 2004 NatureServe62