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CEGL002111 Pinus strobus - Abies balsamea - Betula alleghaniensis Driftless Forest
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Eastern White Pine - Balsam Fir - Yellow Birch Driftless Forest
Colloquial Name: Driftless White Pine - Northern Hardwoods Forest
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This pine-hardwoods community is found in the "Driftless Region" of southeastern Minnesota, United States. Stands occur on moist, steep north-facing slopes with thin soils, and are usually associated with cliffs, talus slopes, and bedrock outcrops. The tree canopy includes any combination of Abies balsamea, Betula alleghaniensis, and Pinus strobus. The shrub layer contains Acer spicatum, Taxus canadensis, and Viburnum opulus var. americanum. Characteristic herbaceous species include Allium cernuum, Equisetum scirpoides, Streptopus lanceolatus var. longipes, and, more rarely, Cornus canadensis.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: This type is similar in some respects to ~Tsuga canadensis - Acer saccharum / (Hepatica nobilis var. acuta) Driftless Forest (CEGL002597)$$ in Wisconsin, but in Wisconsin, Abies balsamea is not present (except on two cliffs in old drift of west-central Wisconsin), and Tsuga canadensis is common. Tsuga canadensis does not occur in southeastern Minnesota, and Abies balsamea is absent from some stands. Information in Minnesota is partly taken from Minnesota County Biological Survey information from Fillmore County. It is also very similar in some ways to ~Pinus strobus - (Pinus resinosa) Driftless Bluff Forest (CEGL002378)$$, yet based on the floristic information available, the types appear to contain different suites of species. But this may simply reflect the isolated nature of stands in all of these types.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
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Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: The tree canopy includes any combination of Abies balsamea, Betula alleghaniensis, and Pinus strobus. The shrub layer contains Acer spicatum, Taxus canadensis, and Viburnum opulus var. americanum (= Viburnum trilobum). Characteristic herbaceous species include Allium cernuum, Equisetum scirpoides, Streptopus lanceolatus var. longipes (= Streptopus roseus), and, more rarely, Cornus canadensis (MNNHP 1993).
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: Stands occur on moist, steep north-facing slopes with thin soils, and are usually associated with cliffs, talus slopes, and bedrock outcrops (MNNHP 1993).
Geographic Range: This pine-hardwoods community is found in the "Driftless Region" of southeastern Minnesota, United States.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: MN
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688275
Confidence Level: Moderate
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G2?
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.7 Sugar Maple - Yellow Birch - Eastern Hemlock Forest Macrogroup | M014 | 1.B.2.Na.7 |
| Group | 1.B.2.Na.7.f Eastern Hemlock - Eastern White Pine - Yellow Birch Forest Group | G919 | 1.B.2.Na.7.f |
| Alliance | A4452 Eastern Hemlock - Yellow Birch - Sugar Maple Laurentian Forest Alliance | A4452 | 1.B.2.Na.7.f |
| Association | CEGL002111 Eastern White Pine - Balsam Fir - Yellow Birch Driftless Forest | CEGL002111 | 1.B.2.Na.7.f |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Pinus strobus - Abies balsamea - Betula alleghaniensis Driftless Forest (Faber-Langendoen 2001)
- Faber-Langendoen, D., editor. 2001. Plant communities of the Midwest: Classification in an ecological context. Association for Biodiversity Information, Arlington, VA. 61 pp. plus appendix (705 pp.).
- MNNHP [Minnesota Natural Heritage Program]. 1993. Minnesota''s native vegetation: A key to natural communities. Version 1.5. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Natural Heritage Program, St. Paul, MN. 110 pp.
- Midwestern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Minneapolis, MN.
- Minnesota DNR [Minnesota Department of Natural Resources]. 2003-2005a. Field guide to the native plant communities of Minnesota. Three volumes: The Laurentian Mixed Forest Province (2003), The Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province (2005c), The Prairie Parkland and Tallgrass Aspen Parklands provinces (2005b). Ecological Land Classification Program, Minnesota County Biological Survey, and Natural Heritage and Nongame Research Program. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, St. Paul.
- Minnesota DNR [Minnesota Department of Natural Resources]. 2005c. Field guide to the native plant communities of Minnesota: The Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province. Ecological Land Classification Program, Minnesota County Biological Survey, and Natural Heritage and Nongame Research Program. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, St. Paul.