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CST004758 Picea rubens Forest Plantation
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Red Spruce Forest Plantation
Colloquial Name: Red Spruce Plantation
Hierarchy Level: Cultural Subtype
Type Concept: Planted forests dominated by monospecific and even-aged stands of Picea rubens.
Diagnostic Characteristics: Native non-pine conifers exceed native pines (native Pinus spp. <50% cover); tree composition dominated by Picea rubens > 25%, and it exceeds each of Abies balsamea, Larix laricina, Picea glauca, and Picea mariana.
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: These plantations are known from the Laurel Fork and Paddy Knob areas of the Warm Springs Ranger District, and possibly other high-elevation sites in the George Washington and Jefferson national forests.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
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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: US
States/Provinces: No Data Available
Plot Analysis Summary:
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Confidence Level: None
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: GNA
Greasons: No Data Available
| Type | Name | Database Code | Classification Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cultural Class | CCL01 Anthromorphic Vegetation Cultural Class | CCL01 | 7 |
| Cultural Formation | CFO02 Forest Plantation & Agroforestry Cultural Formation | CFO02 | 7.A.2 |
| Cultural Group | CGR007 Temperate & Boreal Plantation Cultural Group | CGR007 | 7.A.2.1.2 |
| Cultural Subclass | CSC01 Woody Agricultural Vegetation Cultural Subclass | CSC01 | 7.A |
| Cultural Subformation | CSF05 Forest Plantation Cultural Subformation | CSF05 | 7.A.2.1 |
| Cultural Subgroup | CSG005 Eastern North American Temperate Forest Plantation Cultural Subgroup | CSG005 | 7.A.2.1.2.a |
| Cultural Subtype | CST004758 Red Spruce Forest Plantation | CST004758 | 7.A.2.1.2.a.2 |
| Cultural Type | CTY010 Native Northern Spruce-Fir Plantation Cultural Type | CTY010 | 7.A.2.1.2.a.2 |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Picea rubens Planted Forest (Fleming and Coulling 2001)
? Coniferous Plantation (Fleming and Moorhead 1996)
< IF3b. Plantation (Hardwood or Conifer) (Allard 1990)
? Coniferous Plantation (Fleming and Moorhead 1996)
< IF3b. Plantation (Hardwood or Conifer) (Allard 1990)
- Allard, D. J. 1990. Southeastern United States ecological community classification. Interim report, Version 1.2. The Nature Conservancy, Southeast Regional Office, Chapel Hill, NC. 96 pp.
- Coxe, R. 2009. Guide to Delaware vegetation communities. Spring 2009 edition. State of Delaware, Division of Fish and Wildlife, Delaware Natural Heritage Program, Smyrna.
- Fleming, G. P., and P. P. Coulling. 2001. Ecological communities of the George Washington and Jefferson national forests, Virginia. Preliminary classification and description of vegetation types. Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Natural Heritage, Richmond, VA. 317 pp.
- Fleming, G. P., and W. H. Moorhead, III. 1996. Ecological land units of the Laurel Fork Area, Highland County, Virginia. Natural Heritage Technical Report 96-08. Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Natural Heritage, Richmond. 114 pp. plus appendices.
- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.