Name:
Quercus alba - Quercus stellata - Quercus velutina - (Quercus falcata) Woodland Alliance
Reference:
Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description:
This alliance contains a variety of bedrock- or substrate-influenced, fire-dependent, dry-mesic woodlands with either shallow soils (e.g., over bedrock) or deep, sandy soils. Abundant trees are Quercus alba, Quercus falcata, Quercus marilandica, Quercus stellata, Quercus velutina, Crataegus spp., and Pinus echinata. In western Arkansas, Quercus rubra may be a canopy dominant. Taller shrubs include Crataegus spp., Rhus aromatica, Vaccinium arboreum, and Vaccinium pallidum. Schizachyrium scoparium is a common herbaceous species. Others that may be present include Andropogon gerardii, Helianthus microcephalus, Polygonella americana, Sorghastrum nutans, and Solidago odora. Lichens and mosses are often found in drier stands of this alliance. Stands of this alliance are found on gentle to steep hills, plains, and ridges. Soils are well- to very rapidly drained and very shallow to deep (10-100 cm). Parent material is sand, chert, sandstone, or, rarely, igneous rock with areas of rock or residuum present at the surface. The various associations placed in this alliance include rare fire-maintained diabase and granite woodlands of the Piedmont of Virginia and South Carolina, Quercus alba-dominated woodlands of the Ozarks, and Quercus rubra-dominated woodlands of the Ouachitas.
Accession Code:
VB.CC.20901.QUERCUSALBAQUER
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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