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Quercus stellata - Quercus marilandica Forest Alliance | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Quercus stellata - Quercus marilandica Forest Alliance Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro... Description: This alliance contains forest vegetation heavily dominated by Quercus stellata usually in combination with Quercus marilandica. The most commonly associated tree species are Carya glabra, Carya texana, Quercus shumardii, Quercus velutina, and Ulmus alata. These forests are found predominantly on dry ridges, on steeper southerly slopes, and on flat to gently rolling uplands on a variety of soil types with the common characteristic of having an impermeable substratum. Subcanopy vegetation is highly variable between occurrences; species that may be present include Juniperus virginiana, Diospyros virginiana, Vaccinium arboreum, Chionanthus virginicus, and Cercis canadensis var. canadensis. Understory layers can be somewhat sparse and scrubby. These forests are most common in the Crosstimbers region of Oklahoma and Texas, and are also found in the Interior Highlands of Arkansas, Missouri, and eastern Oklahoma. They are excluded from the Mississippi Lowlands. They are also at least potentially found in north-central Kentucky and scattered northward into the glaciated portions of the Midwest from southern Iowa and central Illinois to southern Indiana. Their status in other parts of the southeastern United States is unclear. They could occur in localized areas from the eastern edge of the Mississippi Embayment eastward, especially in the Piedmont, Appalachian Plateau, and Coastal Plains. Some types which could be assigned here are more properly placed in the equivalent woodland alliance.  Accession Code: VB.CC.20691.QUERCUSSTELLATA 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 stellata - Quercus marilandica Forest Alliance   Translated: Post Oak - Blackjack Oak Forest Alliance   UID: HIGHER_CLASS_UNIT.2.126062 NatureServe Explorer   Code: A.253