Interior Low Plateau Mesic Forest
| Type: | Alliance | | Parent classification: | Southern Appalachian-Interior Mesic Forest | | Scientific Name: | Fagus grandifolia - Liriodendron tulipifera - Carya cordiformis Forest Alliance | | Location: | United States (Missouri, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia) | | Description: | This basic mesic forest alliance is characterized by Liriodendron tulipifera, Fagus grandifolia, Carya cordiformis, and a number of Quercus spp., as well as the presence of calciphilic species such as Quercus muehlenbergii. It occurs over a wide range, in the Appalachians, the Cumberland Plateau, west to the Interior Low Plateau, and includes outliers in the Ozarks of Oklahoma, Missouri, and Arkansas, as well as the adjacent Upper East Gulf Coastal Plain. | | Website: | View website |
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