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Carya ovata / Zanthoxylum americanum / Panicum philadelphicum - Carex pensylvanica Wooded Herbaceous Vegetation | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Carya ovata / Zanthoxylum americanum / Panicum philadelphicum - Carex pensylvanica Wooded Herbaceous Vegetation Reference: Midwestern Ecology Working Group... Description: The shagbark hickory / prickly ash alvar woodland type is only known from the Flamborough Plains in southern Ontario west of Lake Ontario, where it is found on shallow soils over flat dolostone outcrops (pavements). Other examples may exist in the Lake Erie and Lake Ontario watersheds. This savanna community has scattered trees forming 10-25% canopy cover, and a variable understory with shrubby patches and grassy patches. The dominant tree is Carya ovata; other characteristic trees include Quercus macrocarpa, Quercus muehlenbergii, Fraxinus americana, and Ulmus thomasii. The most abundant shrub is Zanthoxylum americanum; other characteristic shrubs are Cornus racemosa (= Cornus foemina ssp. racemosa), Rhamnus cathartica, Prunus virginiana, and Symphoricarpos albus). Characteristic herbs of grassy patches in the ground layer are Danthonia spicata, Hieracium piloselloides, Panicum philadelphicum, Carex pensylvanica, Poa compressa, and Solidago nemoralis. Small outcrops of dolostone pavement are common; characteristic herbs on pavement patches include Isanthus brachiatus (= Trichostema brachiatum), Geranium bicknellii, and Panicum spp.  Accession Code: VB.CC.18018.CARYAOVATAZANTH Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 31-Dec-1998 to: 17-Nov-2014
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Quercus muehlenbergii Wooded Herbaceous Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Translated: Shagbark Hickory / Common Prickly-ash / Philadelphia Panicgrass - Pennsylvania Sedge Wooded Herbaceous Vegetation   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683111 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL005230   Scientific: Carya ovata / Zanthoxylum americanum / Panicum philadelphicum - Carex pensylvanica Wooded Herbaceous Vegetation   Common: Shagbark Hickory / Prickly Ash Alvar Woodland (convergence) and Synonyms: (undetermined) Carya ovata / Zanthoxylum americanum / Panicum philadelphicum - Carex pensylvanica Wooded Herbaceous Vegetation