Central Appalachian-Piedmont Sycamore - Green Ash Floodplain Forest

Type:Alliance
Parent classification:Central Interior-Northeast Floodplain Forest
Scientific Name:Platanus occidentalis - Fraxinus pennsylvanica - Liriodendron tulipifera Central Appalachian-Piedmont Floodplain Forest Alliance
Location:Canada (New Brunswick); United States (Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New York, Connecticut, Maryland, Tennessee, Virginia, New Hampshire, Kentucky, Maine, West Virginia, District of Columbia, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Jersey)
Description:These are high-energy floodplain forests of rocky streambeds and alluvial deposits, found in the Appalachian and Piedmont regions, typically dominated by Fraxinus pennsylvanica and Platanus occidentalis with Liquidambar styraciflua and/or Liriodendron tulipifera.
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Child types

Name
Appalachian-Alleghenian Hemlock Floodplain Forest
Central Appalachian Buckeye Floodplain Forest
Central Appalachian Montane Small-Stream Floodplain Forest
Central Appalachian Ridge & Valley Floodplain Forest
Eastern Highland Rim Rich Floodplain Terrace Forest
Green Ash - Mixed Hardwood Floodplain Forest
Mid-Atlantic High Terrace Hardwood Floodplain Forest
Mid-Atlantic Terrace Floodplain Forest
New River Sycamore - Ash Floodplain Forest
Northern Blue Ridge Montane Alluvial Forest
Northern Piedmont Small Stream Floodplain Forest
Northern Piedmont-Central Appalachian Maple - Ash Swamp Forest
Oak - Hickory Floodplain Forest
Piedmont-Central Appalachian Rich Floodplain Forest
Piedmont-Central Appalachian Riverscour Forest
Populus heterophylla - Acer rubrum - Quercus palustris - Liquidambar styraciflua Forest
Potomac Gorge Bedrock Oak Floodplain Forest
Riverine Floodplain Forest (Early-Successional Type)
Sinkhole Pond Floodplain Forest
Terrace Hardwood Floodplain Forest

Habitat Vegetation Classification provided by NatureServe Explorer