Conservation Status
Conservation status indicates how vulnerable a natural community is. Learn more about conservation status, which can be measured globally and regionally.
Global Conservation Status: G3G4 – Vulnerable to Apparently Secure
Subnational Conservation Status:
MD: SNR – Not yet assessed
; VA: S2S3 – Imperiled to Vulnerable
Classification
Official names reduce the confusion by providing a common language for talking about natural communities. Why so many names?
Abbreviated Common Name: Rich Boulderfield Forest
Common Name: Rich Boulderfield Forest (Central Appalachian-Piedmont)
Scientific Name: Acer saccharum - Tilia americana / Staphylea trifolia / Dryopteris marginalis - (Impatiens pallida) Forest
Scientific Name Translated: Sugar Maple - American Basswood / American Bladdernut / Marginal Woodfern - (Pale Touch-me-not) Forest
Classification Code: CEGL006471
Associated Ecological System: Circumneutral Cliffs and Talus Ecological System in Harpers Ferry National Historical Park