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A.622 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.622
Reference: EcoArt 2002
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.2264.A622
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: QUERCUS PRINUS - QUERCUS COCCINEA WOODLAND ALLIANCE
  Code: A.622
  Common: Rock Chestnut Oak - Scarlet Oak Woodland Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Quercus prinus - Quercus coccinea Woodland Alliance