Piedmont-Coastal Plain Eastern Hemlock - Hardwood Forest
| Type: | Association | | Parent classification: | Southern Hemlock - Tuliptree Forest | | Scientific Name: | Tsuga canadensis - Fagus grandifolia - Quercus (montana, alba) Forest | | Location: | United States (Maryland, Virginia) | | Description: | This eastern hemlock - hardwood forest is found on steep, north-facing sites along rivers and large streams in the Piedmont, and rarely the inner Coastal Plain, of Virginia and Maryland; examples contain the trees Fagus grandifolia, Quercus montana , Betula lenta, and Quercus rubra; Tsuga canadensis is common in the understory but was formerly codominant in the canopy. | | Website: | View website |
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