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CEGL007286 Castanea dentata - Quercus rubra Forest
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: American Chestnut - Northern Red Oak Forest
Colloquial Name: American Chestnut Forest (Mesic Montane Type)
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This community, dominated by Castanea dentata and Quercus rubra, is broadly defined and poorly known, since the type is now extinct, due to the reduction of Castanea dentata to a stump-sprouting shrub by the introduction and spread of Cryphonectria parasitica (chestnut blight). This community was once common in the southern Appalachian Mountains. There is some hope for the potential recovery of this community, or something resembling it, if a blight-resistant chestnut can be developed and introduced.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: No Data Available
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: No Data Available
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: No Data Available
Geographic Range: No Data Available
Nations: No Data Available
States/Provinces: No Data Available
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683342
Confidence Level: Low
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: GX
Greasons: No Data Available
| 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.2 Appalachian-Northeastern Oak - Hardwood - Pine Forest & Woodland Macrogroup | M502 | 1.B.2.Na.2 |
| Group | 1.B.2.Na.2.a Chestnut Oak - Hickory species / American Chestnut Forest Group | G015 | 1.B.2.Na.2.a |
| Alliance | A0224 American Chestnut Forest Alliance | A0224 | 1.B.2.Na.2.a |
| Association | CEGL007286 American Chestnut - Northern Red Oak Forest | CEGL007286 | 1.B.2.Na.2.a |
Concept Lineage: Merged in
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: ? Chestnut-red oak forest (CAP pers. comm. 1998)
- CAP [Central Appalachian Forest Working Group]. 1998. Central Appalachian Working group discussions. The Nature Conservancy, Boston, MA.
- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.