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Quercus macrocarpa / Andropogon gerardii - Hesperostipa spartea Woodland | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Quercus macrocarpa / Andropogon gerardii - Hesperostipa spartea Woodland Reference: Midwestern Ecology Working Group... Description: This bur oak woodland community is associated with the floodplains of rivers and streams in the central-western tallgrass region of the midwestern United States. Stands occur on gentle to steep slopes with silt or loam soils. Soils are well-drained to moderately well-drained, sometimes shallow (0-40 cm), and formed from loess or glacial till. The overstory of this community is open and dominated by Quercus macrocarpa. Quercus muehlenbergii can be a common associate. Shrubs are absent to common, and include Cornus drummondii, Ceanothus herbaceus (= Ceanothus ovatus), Corylus americana, Prunus americana, Rhus glabra, Ribes missouriense, Symphoricarpos occidentalis, and Zanthoxylum americanum. The herbaceous stratum can be similar to dry prairie. It includes the grasses Andropogon gerardii, Schizachyrium scoparium, Sorghastrum nutans, Sporobolus heterolepis, and Hesperostipa spartea (= Stipa spartea), as well as Maianthemum stellatum, Monarda fistulosa, and Solidago canadensis. In the past, periodic fires kept the canopy from closing. Where fire regimes have been disrupted, this community often begins to succeed to other, more closed oak types.  Accession Code: VB.CC.17860.QUERCUSMACROCAR Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Nov-2014
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Quercus macrocarpa Woodland Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Translated: Bur Oak / Big Bluestem - Porcupine Grass Woodland   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683064 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL002053   Scientific: Quercus macrocarpa / Andropogon gerardii - Hesperostipa spartea Woodland   Common: Western Tallgrass Bur Oak Woodland (convergence) and Synonyms: (undetermined) Quercus macrocarpa / Andropogon gerardii - Hesperostipa spartea Woodland