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Quercus stellata - Quercus marilandica var. ashei Interior Highlands Scrub Woodland | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Quercus stellata - Quercus marilandica var. ashei Interior Highlands Scrub Woodland Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro... Description: This association consists of stunted (1.5-4 m tall) oak woodlands occurring on summits of the higher elevations of the Ouachitas Mountains (Mount Magazine) of Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma. The canopy consists of open to closed stands of Quercus stellata and Quercus marilandica var. ashei (near the eastern edge of its distribution), sometimes also with Quercus rubra and Quercus alba. Although canopy trees are short-statured and almost shrubby in appearance, individual stems have well-developed trunks. Stunting of the canopy is maintained by ice storms, fog, shallow soils over rock, and periodic severe drought. Other large shrubs and small trees, such as Chionanthus virginicus, Ostrya virginiana, Vaccinium arboreum, Carya alba, Amelanchier arborea, Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana, Prunus angustifolia, and Sassafras albidum, can also reach the canopy or occur as a slightly shorter 'subcanopy.' Vaccinium pallidum often forms a very open short-shrub stratum. The herb stratum includes the grasses Schizachyrium scoparium, and sometimes Deschampsia flexuosa, Danthonia spicata, or Andropogon gerardii. Forbs are few. The oak canopy often forms impenetrable thickets of heavily fruiting trees that are no more than 8-10 feet tall.  Accession Code: VB.CC.27296.QUERCUSSTELLATA Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 01-Feb-1994 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: Post Oak - Ashe's Blackjack Oak Interior Highlands Scrub Woodland   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689425 NatureServe Explorer   Scientific: Quercus stellata - Quercus marilandica var. ashei Interior Highlands Scrub Woodland   Common: Post Oak Interior Highlands Scrub Woodland   Code: CEGL003884 (convergence) and Synonyms: (undetermined) Quercus stellata - Quercus marilandica var. ashei Interior Highlands Scrub Woodland