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A.605 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.605
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: Deep soil mesic woodlands of the Bluegrass Region of Kentucky, the woodland structure maintained by fire, bison browse, and possibly by periodic severe drought as well. This alliance was developed to accommodate vegetation which existed historically, and expressions of it would be very rare under conditions of fire suppression and habitat alteration. The tree layer would be dominated by variable mixtures of ~Fraxinus quadrangulata, Quercus macrocarpa$, and ~Quercus muehlenbergii$, with other species, including ~Juglans nigra, Aesculus glabra$, and ~Gymnocladus dioicus$, and in moister areas ~Carya laciniosa$ and ~Quercus shumardii$. Extensive swards of ~Arundinaria gigantea ssp. gigantea$ would have been historically dominant locally. This type graded locally to ~Arundinaria$-dominated areas with scattered to nearly absent trees [see III.A.2.N.f ~~Arundinaria gigantea$ Wooded Shrubland Alliance (A.794)$$]. The herb layer was well-developed in more open areas (probably as a result of fire and bison browse), with species such as ~Trifolium stoloniferum, Elymus$ spp., ~Ageratina altissima var. altissima, Amphicarpaea bracteata$, and possibly ~Tridens flavus$ and ~Poa pratensis$?. The presence of ~Acer saccharum$ in present vegetation related to this historic type is a symptom of fire suppression. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.2246.A605
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Mar-2005
     
  • status: accepted
  • Community's Parent: II.B.2.N.a
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: FRAXINUS QUADRANGULATA - QUERCUS MACROCARPA - QUERCUS MUEHLENBERGII WOODLAND ALLIANCE
  Code: A.605
  Common: Blue Ash - Bur Oak - Chinquapin Oak Woodland Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Fraxinus quadrangulata - Quercus macrocarpa - Quercus muehlenbergii Woodland Alliance