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Quercus imbricaria - Quercus shumardii - Quercus muehlenbergii / Celtis occidentalis / Urtica chamaedryoides Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Quercus imbricaria - Quercus shumardii - Quercus muehlenbergii / Celtis occidentalis / Urtica chamaedryoides Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This forest is found in small patches on flat to rolling uplands on somewhat rocky soils derived from Mississippian and Ordovician limestones in the Interior Low Plateau of Tennessee and Kentucky, including the Nashville Basin and the Mammoth Cave Uplands. Stands are dominated by <i>Quercus imbricaria, Quercus shumardii</i>, and <i>Quercus muehlenbergii</i> with <i>Quercus stellata</i>. <i>Celtis occidentalis</i> is important as an understory species, and <i>Urtica chamaedryoides</i> is a characteristic herbaceous species. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.34954.CEGL003876
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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Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.731082 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Common: Interior Plateau Shingle Oak - Shumard Oak - Chinkapin Oak Forest
  Translated: Shingle Oak - Shumard Oak - Chinkapin Oak / Common Hackberry / Heartleaf Nettle Forest
  Scientific: Quercus imbricaria - Quercus shumardii - Quercus muehlenbergii / Celtis occidentalis / Urtica chamaedryoides Forest
  Code: CEGL003876