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A.242 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.242
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: This alliance consists of ~Quercus buckleyi$-dominated vegetation of xeric to mesic slopes over calcareous soils of the eastern and southern Edwards Plateau and Lampasas Cut Plain, in central Texas and in the Arbuckle Mountains in southern Oklahoma. Associated canopy species include ~Ulmus crassifolia, Celtis laevigata var. laevigata, Celtis laevigata var. reticulata, Quercus fusiformis, Quercus muehlenbergii, Quercus sinuata var. breviloba, Juniperus ashei, Prunus serotina var. eximia$, and ~Fraxinus texensis$. On the Edwards Plateau of Texas, adjacent to ~Quercus buckleyi$ Forest, on deeper soils, are ~Quercus fusiformis$ Woodlands, while ~Juniperus ashei$ Woodlands occupy the drier slopes. Floodplains below ~Quercus buckleyi$ Forests of the Edwards Plateau are dominated by ~Celtis laevigata, Ulmus americana, Carya illinoinensis$, and ~Quercus fusiformis$. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.1754.A242
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: I.B.2.N.a
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: QUERCUS BUCKLEYI FOREST ALLIANCE
  Code: A.242
  Common: Buckley Oak Forest Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Quercus buckleyi Forest Alliance