Sumter National Forest Final Report - NatureServe

• Quercus alba - Carya alba / Euonymus americana / Hexastylis arifolia Forest (CEGL006227) -- has an overlapping range, but ispresumably acidic.• Quercus alba - Carya ovata / Cercis canadensis Forest (CEGL007232)• Quercus alba - Quercus (rubra, coccinea) - Carya (alba, glabra) / Vaccinium pallidum Piedmont Dry-Mesic Forest(CEGL008475) -- is a related non-mafic type.• Quercus alba - Quercus stellata - (Quercus rubra) - Carya carolinae-septentrionalis / Acer leucoderme - Cercis canadensisForest (CEGL007773) -- is related mafic type with overlapping distribution, apparently somewhat drier.Related Concepts: No informationClassification Comments: After Golden (1979). [MP 1999-02 note: this type, based on its nominals, does NOT correspond to aGolden type. Viburnum rafinesquianum and Viola tripartita are not present in Golden's data. More information is needed. Golden's"White Oak" type is explicitly represented by CEGL006227.] This association needs clarification and expansion, and subsequentrange assessment. Compare to Quercus alba - Quercus (rubra, coccinea) - Carya (alba, glabra) / Vaccinium pallidum Piedmont Dry-Mesic Forest (CEGL008475) and to Quercus alba - Carya ovata / Cercis canadensis Forest (CEGL007232).CONSERVATION RANKING & RARE SPECIESGRank: G3G4 (1997-8-14): No informationHigh-ranked species: No informationELEMENT DISTRIBUTIONRange: This association could be found in the Piedmont ecoregion from Alabama to Virginia.Subnations: AL, GA, NC, SC, VA?TNC Ecoregions: 52:CUSFS Ecoregions: 231:CFederal Lands: USFS (Oconee?, Sumter?, Uwharrie)ELEMENT SOURCESReferences: Golden 1979, Peet and Christensen 1980, Peet et al. unpubl. data 2002, Schafale and Weakley 1990, SoutheasternEcology Working Group n.d.WHITE OAK - SHAGBARK HICKORY / REDBUD FORESTELEMENT IDENTIFIERSNVC association: Quercus alba - Carya ovata / Cercis canadensis ForestDatabase Code: CEGL007232Formation: 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 basic dry-mesic forest of the southern Piedmont is dominated by Quercus alba and often Carya ovata incombination with other species of Quercus and Carya (i.e. Quercus stellata, Quercus prinus, Quercus velutina, Carya alba, Caryaglabra). It occurs on circumneutral to basic, well-drained soils in the Piedmont of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia,and Alabama. Other canopy and subcanopy species that may occur include Liquidambar styraciflua, Carya ovalis, Liriodendrontulipifera, Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana, Cercis canadensis, Ulmus americana, Pinus taeda, and Pinus echinata. Proportionsof Liquidambar styraciflua and Acer rubrum increase following disturbance. Herbaceous species and vines that may occur within thiscommunity include Bignonia capreolata, Vitis rotundifolia, Chimaphila maculata, Asplenium platyneuron, Berchemia scandens,Carex nigromarginata, Carex albicans var. albicans, Polystichum acrostichoides, Botrychium virginianum, Tiarella cordifolia var.collina, and Goodyera repens. It is differentiated from non-basic oak-hickory forests by lacking such species as Quercus falcata andOxydendrum arboreum.Environment: This basic dry-mesic forest occurs on circumneutral to basic, well-drained soils in the southern Piedmont. A basic ormafic substrate is necessary for best development of this community and soils generally are in the order Alfisol. It commonly occurson mid to low slopes where conditions are somewhat ameliorated over upper slopes, i.e., in dry-mesic as opposed to dry conditions,but can occur in most topographic positions with circumneutral to basic soils that are well-drained.Vegetation: Stands of this forest are dominated by Quercus alba and often Carya ovata, in combination with other species ofQuercus and Carya (i.e., Quercus stellata, Quercus prinus, Quercus velutina, Carya alba, Carya glabra). Other canopy andsubcanopy species that may occur include Liquidambar styraciflua, Carya ovalis, Liriodendron tulipifera, Juniperus virginiana var.virginiana, Cercis canadensis, Ulmus americana, Pinus taeda, and Pinus echinata. Proportions of Liquidambar styraciflua and Acerrubrum increase following disturbance. Herbaceous species and vines that may occur within this community include Bignoniacapreolata, Vitis rotundifolia, Chimaphila maculata, Asplenium platyneuron, Berchemia scandens, Carex nigromarginata, Carexalbicans var. albicans, Polystichum acrostichoides, Botrychium virginianum, Tiarella cordifolia var. collina, and Goodyera repens.Community occurrences will have closed canopies and moderately well-developed subcanopy, shrub and herbaceous layers usuallyVegetation of Sumter National Forest April 30 2004Copyright © 2004 NatureServe63