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Quercus macrocarpa - Quercus palustris - Quercus bicolor / Calamagrostis canadensis Wooded Herbaceous Vegetation | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Quercus macrocarpa - Quercus palustris - Quercus bicolor / Calamagrostis canadensis Wooded Herbaceous Vegetation Reference: Midwestern Ecology Working Group... Description: This bur oak - mixed oak savanna or openings community occurs on lakeplains of the southern Great Lakes in the United States and Canada. Stands occur on sandy or, less commonly, silty/clayey glacial lakeplains with seasonally high water tables. Soils are mildly alkaline very fine sandy loams or loamy very fine sands, sometimes sands. These soils have moderate water-retaining capacity. Within glacial lakeplains there are two prominent forms of savanna communities. In both types, Quercus spp. dominate the tree canopy layer and grasses and sedges make up the majority of the ground layer. The more mesic to dry-mesic type occurs on droughty beach ridges and is typically dominated by Quercus velutina and Quercus alba. The wet-mesic type described here is found on flat, poorly drained areas. It is dominated by Quercus macrocarpa, Quercus palustris, and Quercus bicolor with some Acer rubrum and a lakeplain wet prairie ground layer component. In Michigan the herbaceous species present may include Andropogon gerardii, Carex spp., Schizachyrium scoparium, and Sorghastrum nutans. The canopy of this community can be very open.  Accession Code: VB.CC.23870.QUERCUSMACROCAR Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Nov-2014
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Quercus macrocarpa - (Quercus alba) Wooded Herbaceous Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Translated: Bur Oak - Pin Oak - Swamp White Oak / Bluejoint Wooded Herbaceous Vegetation   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688205 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL005120   Scientific: Quercus macrocarpa - Quercus palustris - Quercus bicolor / Calamagrostis canadensis Wooded Herbaceous Vegetation   Common: Lakeplain Wet-Mesic Oak Opening (convergence) and Synonyms: (undetermined) Quercus macrocarpa - Quercus palustris - Quercus bicolor / Calamagrostis canadensis Wooded Herbaceous Vegetation