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A.1505 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.1505
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: This alliance, found in the northern Great Plains, is a mixedgrass savanna. Mid grasses and tall grasses dominate the vegetation. Scattered and clumped trees and shrubs are always present, but both strata have less than 25% cover. ~Andropogon gerardii, Carex pensylvanica, Schizachyrium scoparium$, and ~Sorghastrum nutans$ are abundant herbaceous species. ~Quercus macrocarpa$ is the most common tree and may be the only tree species in some stands. ~Corylus$ spp. and ~Symphoricarpos occidentalis$ are typical shrubs. ^Stands of this alliance occur on sandy lacustrine and glacial outwash deposits reworked by wind, on shale, and on glacial till. Soils are relatively infertile and excessively well-drained. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.1273.A1505
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Mar-2005
     
  • status: accepted
  • Community's Parent: V.A.6.N.g
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: QUERCUS MACROCARPA WOODED MEDIUM-TALL HERBACEOUS ALLIANCE
  Code: A.1505
  Common: Bur Oak Wooded Medium-tall Herbaceous Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Quercus macrocarpa Wooded Medium-Tall Herbaceous Alliance