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Quercus bicolor - Fraxinus pennsylvanica / Carex spp. Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Quercus bicolor - Fraxinus pennsylvanica / Carex spp. Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This swamp forest is a high-fertility wetland, which is restricted in its distribution to the Inner and Outer Bluegrass regions of Kentucky. It is described from Lee's Branch Swamp, Woodford County, Kentucky. The forest consists of "almost a pure stand of <i>Fraxinus</i> with some stands of <i>Quercus bicolor</i> mixed in. There are a few sycamores scattered within. There is no <i>Acer rubrum</i> or <i>Quercus palustris</i> there" (M. Evans pers. comm.). Herbs are few and include <i>Carex lupulina, Leersia oryzoides</i>, and <i>Ranunculus longirostris</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.35230.CEGL004422
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
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Names:   Common: Bluegrass Basin Swamp White Oak Forest
  Translated: Swamp White Oak - Green Ash / Sedge species Forest
  Scientific: Quercus bicolor - Fraxinus pennsylvanica / Carex spp. Forest
  Code: CEGL004422
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683518 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo