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Quercus prinus - Quercus coccinea Woodland Alliance | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Quercus prinus - Quercus coccinea Woodland Alliance
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This alliance includes open woodlands of shale barrens and shale ridges in the Allegheny Plateau and Knobs region of Kentucky and Virginia, and possibly ranging into West Virginia. The alliance also includes Quercus prinus-dominated woodlands on the siltstone ridgetops of the Kentucky Knobs region. Canopies are dominated by Quercus prinus, with lesser coverage by Pinus virginiana, Quercus velutina, Quercus coccinea, Carya glabra, and Amelanchier arborea. Other species include Cornus florida, Carya glabra, Carya alba, Vaccinium pallidum, Pityopsis graminifolia var. latifolia, Danthonia spicata, Dichanthelium depauperatum/linearifolium, Aristida dichotoma, Aristida oligantha, and Potentilla canadensis. Some examples may contain Silene caroliniana (ssp. wherryi, or possibly ssp. pensylvanica). Currently this alliance is narrowly defined to cover woodlands associated with shale substrates, but may be expanded if needed. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.19379.QUERCUSPRINUSQU
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: Quercus prinus - Quercus coccinea Woodland Alliance
  Translated: Rock Chestnut Oak - Scarlet Oak Woodland Alliance
  UID: HIGHER_CLASS_UNIT.2.125851 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A.622