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CEGL007196 Castanea dentata - Quercus montana Forest
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: American Chestnut - Chestnut Oak Forest
Colloquial Name: American Chestnut Forest (Subxeric Type)
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This community, dominated by various mixtures of Castanea dentata and Quercus montana, sometimes strongly dominated by Castanea dentata, 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 chestnut blight (Cryphonectria parasitica). 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: This community was once common in the southern Appalachian Mountains but is now considered extinct.
Nations: No Data Available
States/Provinces: No Data Available
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685943
Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
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 | CEGL007196 American Chestnut - Chestnut Oak Forest | CEGL007196 | 1.B.2.Na.2.a |
Concept Lineage: Merged into this association
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: ? Chestnut-chestnut 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.
- Whittaker, R. H. 1956. Vegetation of the Great Smoky Mountains. Ecological Monographs 26:1-80.