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Quercus marilandica / Vaccinium arboreum / Danthonia spicata Scrub Woodland | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Quercus marilandica / Vaccinium arboreum / Danthonia spicata Scrub Woodland Reference: Midwestern Ecology Working Group... Description: This xeric blackjack oak type is found in the Interior Highlands region and western edge of the Interior Low Plateau of the United States. Stands occur on xeric bedrock outcrops on moderately steep to steep south- or southwest-facing slopes and ridgetops of hills and mountains. Soils are rapidly drained and very shallow (0-40 cm). Parent material may be igneous or sandstone. The bedrock is often exposed with fragments of rocks and boulders strewn over the surface. The canopy is stunted (3-8 m) and forms a scrub woodland dominated by Quercus marilandica. Some Quercus stellata is present. The shrub layer is typically sparse (<50% cover) and contains Vaccinium arboreum, or occasional Vaccinium pallidum. The herb layer is sparse (<50% cover). Typical species include Danthonia spicata, along with Allium canadense var. mobilense (= Allium mutabile), Cunila origanoides, Dichanthelium acuminatum, Diodia teres. Mosses and lichens are often prevalent, including the mosses Polytrichum spp. and the lichens Cladina subtenuis, Flavoparmelia baltimorensis (= Pseudoparmelia baltimorensis), and Myelochroa obsessa (= Parmelina obsessa).  Accession Code: VB.CC.24766.QUERCUSMARILAND 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 stellata - Quercus marilandica Woodland Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Translated: Blackjack Oak / Farkleberry / Poverty Oatgrass Scrub Woodland   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687510 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL002425   Scientific: Quercus marilandica / Vaccinium arboreum / Danthonia spicata Scrub Woodland   Common: Blackjack Oak Xeric Scrub (convergence) and Synonyms: (undetermined) Quercus marilandica / Vaccinium arboreum / Danthonia spicata Scrub Woodland