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Quercus muehlenbergii / Poa spp. - Allium cernuum - Eleocharis compressa / Aulacomnium palustre - Bryum spp. Wooded Herbaceous Vegetation | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Quercus muehlenbergii / Poa spp. - Allium cernuum - Eleocharis compressa / Aulacomnium palustre - Bryum spp. Wooded Herbaceous Vegetation
Reference: Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
Description: Chinquapin oak - nodding onion alvar woodland is found only in western Lake Erie on Pelee Island in southern Ontario, Canada, on shallow soils over flat limestone outcrops (pavements). This is a savanna community with scattered trees forming 10-25% canopy cover, and a variable understory with shrubby patches and grassy patches. Quercus muehlenbergii is the most abundant tree, but Quercus bicolor, Fraxinus quadrangulata, and Juniperus virginiana are also characteristic trees. The most abundant shrubs in the shrubby patches are Cornus drummondii, Viburnum rafinesquianum, Rhus aromatica, Zanthoxylum americanum, Rhus typhina, and Symphoricarpos albus. The dominant grass in the grassy patches is Poa compressa; other characteristic herbs include Allium cernuum, Carex molesta, Packera paupercula (= Senecio pauperculus), Panicum flexile, and Isanthus brachiatus (= Trichostema brachiatum). Most of the area within this community has been grazed, and several weedy exotic species are common, including Poa pratensis and Hypericum perforatum. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.26102.QUERCUSMUEHLENB
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Translated: Chinquapin Oak / Bluegrass species - Nodding Onion - Flat Spikerush / Ribbed Bog Moss - Bryum Moss species Wooded Herbaceous Vegetation
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688897 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL005133
  Scientific: Quercus muehlenbergii / Poa spp. - Allium cernuum - Eleocharis compressa / Aulacomnium palustre - Bryum spp. Wooded Herbaceous Vegetation
  Common: Chinquapin Oak / Nodding Onion Alvar Woodland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Quercus muehlenbergii / Poa spp. - Allium cernuum - Eleocharis compressa / Aulacomnium palustre - Bryum spp. Wooded Herbaceous Vegetation