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Quercus sinuata var. sinuata - Fraxinus americana - Quercus muehlenbergii / Rhus aromatica - Cornus drummondii Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Quercus sinuata var. sinuata - Fraxinus americana - Quercus muehlenbergii / Rhus aromatica - Cornus drummondii Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This upland forest community is known only from dry-mesic slopes associated with Jackson Calcareous Prairies in Louisiana. The open to closed canopy is dominated by Quercus sinuata var. sinuata, Quercus shumardii, Quercus muehlenbergii, Fraxinus americana, Acer barbatum, and Pinus taeda. The open subcanopy consists of canopy species. The open to dense shrub layer includes Rhus aromatica, Cornus drummondii, Ilex decidua, Cercis canadensis var. canadensis, Frangula caroliniana, Sideroxylon lanuginosum, Crataegus spathulata, Viburnum rufidulum, and Diospyros virginiana. The herb layer is characteristically dominated by Melica mutica and Carex cherokeensis but also includes Echinacea purpurea, Phlox pilosa, Carex microdonta, and species from the nearby prairie openings. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.25032.QUERCUSSINUATAV
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 01-Apr-1995 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Translated: Durand Oak - White Ash - Chinquapin Oak / Fragrant Sumac - Roughleaf Dogwood Forest
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688114 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL007256
  Scientific: Quercus sinuata var. sinuata - Fraxinus americana - Quercus muehlenbergii / Rhus aromatica - Cornus drummondii Forest
  Common: Dry-Mesic Copenhagen Calcareous Forest
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Quercus sinuata var. sinuata - Fraxinus americana - Quercus muehlenbergii / Rhus aromatica - Cornus drummondii Forest