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A4453 Tsuga canadensis - Betula alleghaniensis - Picea rubens Forest Alliance

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available

Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Tsuga canadensis - Betula alleghaniensis - Picea rubens Forest Alliance

Colloquial Name: Acadian-Appalachian Hemlock - Red Spruce - Hardwood Forest

Hierarchy Level:  Alliance

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Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available

Classification Comments: No Data Available

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Geographic Range: No Data Available

Nations: US

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Confidence Level: Proposed (Submitted)

Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: GNR

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Type Name Database Code Classification Code
Class 1 Forest & Woodland Class C01 1
Subclass 1.B Temperate & Boreal Forest & Woodland Subclass S15 1.B
Formation 1.B.2 Cool Temperate Forest & Woodland Formation F008 1.B.2
Division 1.B.2.Na Eastern North American Forest & Woodland Division D008 1.B.2.Na
Macrogroup 1.B.2.Na.7 Sugar Maple - Yellow Birch - Eastern Hemlock Forest Macrogroup M014 1.B.2.Na.7
Group 1.B.2.Na.7.g <i>Tsuga canadensis - Picea rubens - Betula alleghaniensis</i> Forest Group G920 1.B.2.Na.7.g
Alliance A4453 <i>Tsuga canadensis - Betula alleghaniensis - Picea rubens</i> Forest Alliance A4453 1.B.2.Na.7.g
Association CEGL006088 Eastern Hemlock - American Beech - Northern Red Oak Forest CEGL006088 1.B.2.Na.7.g
Association CEGL006129 Eastern Hemlock - (Yellow Birch) - Red Spruce / Bunchberry Dogwood Forest CEGL006129 1.B.2.Na.7.g
Association CEGL006324 Eastern White Pine - Eastern Hemlock - Red Spruce Forest CEGL006324 1.B.2.Na.7.g
Association CEGL006638 Eastern Hemlock - Yellow Birch - Sugar Maple / Intermediate Woodfern Forest CEGL006638 1.B.2.Na.7.g
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  • Faber-Langendoen, D., G. Fleming, K. Palmquist, K. Patterson, R. K. Peet, M. Pyne, M.P. Schafale, L. Sneddon, J. Vanderhorst, A. Weakley, T. Wentworth, E. Zimmerman, K. Walz. An Expert-based review of Appalachian, Piedmont and Coastal Plain Forests and Woodlands. Proceedings of the U.S. National Vegetation Classification. USNVC-Proc-XX. April 2020. Ecological Society of America, Washington, DC., USA. xx pp.