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Quercus phellos - Quercus similis Flatwoods Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Quercus phellos - Quercus similis Flatwoods Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This willow oak - bottomland post oak flatwoods is found in the Interior Highlands in Arkansas (and perhaps Oklahoma and Missouri). These flatwoods are characterized by a strongly fluctuating seasonal moisture regime (xerohydric). Stands of this community are codominated by <i>Quercus phellos</i>, which may be the sole dominant, along with <i>Quercus similis</i>. It occurs on poorly drained flats which usually have a fragipan. Additional characteristic overstory and midstory species include <i>Quercus pagoda</i> and <i>Carya ovata</i>. The flats are often mounded and may have substantial depressions that pond water (and if extensive enough, these may be classified as ~<i>Quercus phellos</i> Seasonally Flooded Ozark Pond Forest (CEGL007402)$$ or ~<i>Quercus lyrata</i> Pond Forest (CEGL004642)$$). These geomorphic features allow hydrophytic species such as <i>Quercus lyrata</i> or mesophytic species such as <i>Quercus alba, Quercus nigra</i>, and <i>Carya alba</i> to codominate, and even allow some xerophytic species such as <i>Quercus stellata</i> and <i>Carya texana</i> to occur, thereby allowing for high species diversity in stands of this type. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.34729.CEGL007112
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
  • This Community's Level: association
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  Common: Southern Interior Highlands Oak Flatwoods
  Translated: Willow Oak - Bottomland Post Oak Flatwoods Forest
  Code: CEGL007112
  Scientific: Quercus phellos - Quercus similis Flatwoods Forest