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Quercus stellata - Quercus muehlenbergii / Schizachyrium scoparium - Sorghastrum nutans Black Belt Woodland | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Quercus stellata - Quercus muehlenbergii / Schizachyrium scoparium - Sorghastrum nutans Black Belt Woodland
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This Black Belt woodland has an open canopy dominated by <i>Quercus stellata, Quercus muehlenbergii</i>, and <i>Quercus marilandica</i>. Other typical canopy species include <i>Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana, Quercus falcata, Fraxinus americana, Carya alba</i>, and <i>Carya glabra</i>. Canopy closure is highly variable, ranging from open or even scattered, to closed. Presumably this association was more open in the past, with more frequent burning. Typical shrubs include <i>Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana</i> and <i>Frangula caroliniana</i>. <i>Schizachyrium scoparium</i> and <i>Sorghastrum nutans</i> are the principal herbs. This community occurs in the Black Belt (Selma Chalk) area of Alabama and Mississippi. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.35226.CEGL004670
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]
Names:   Common: Black Belt Post Oak Woodland
  Translated: Post Oak - Chinkapin Oak / Little Bluestem - Indiangrass Black Belt Woodland
  Scientific: Quercus stellata - Quercus muehlenbergii / Schizachyrium scoparium - Sorghastrum nutans Black Belt Woodland
  Code: CEGL004670
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684566 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo