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Quercus stellata - (Ulmus crassifolia) / Callicarpa americana / Verbesina virginica Woodland | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Quercus stellata - (Ulmus crassifolia) / Callicarpa americana / Verbesina virginica Woodland
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This woodland is found adjacent to rivers in central Texas on high sandy terraces deposited during the Pleistocene. Sites along the Leon River in Coryell County, Texas, have flat to gentle slopes and sandy or sandy loam soils. The canopy is dominated by <i>Quercus stellata</i>. Canopy cover ranges from an open woodland to (more often) a dense forest. Other canopy components include <i>Ulmus crassifolia, Celtis laevigata var. reticulata, Juniperus virginiana, Quercus fusiformis, Quercus buckleyi</i>, and <i>Carya illinoinensis</i>. Other woody species include <i>Callicarpa americana, Sideroxylon lanuginosum, Juniperus ashei, Sophora affinis, Prosopis glandulosa, Morus rubra, Parthenocissus quinquefolia, Viburnum rufidulum, Ilex decidua, Forestiera pubescens</i>, and <i>Prunus mexicana</i>. Herbaceous species include <i>Verbesina virginica, Galium circaezans, Tridens flavus, Solidago radula, Vernonia baldwinii</i>, and <i>Passiflora lutea</i>. This association is found adjacent to ~<i>Prosopis glandulosa / Bouteloua curtipendula - Nassella leucotricha</i> Woodland (CEGL002133)$$, as well as several riparian associations in other alliances. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.34874.CEGL004179
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
  • This Community's Children: [none]
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  Common: Central Texas High Sandy Terrace Post Oak Woodland
  Translated: Post Oak - (Cedar Elm) / American Beautyberry / White Crownbeard Woodland
  Scientific: Quercus stellata - (Ulmus crassifolia) / Callicarpa americana / Verbesina virginica Woodland
  Code: CEGL004179