Name:
Schizachyrium scoparium - Calamagrostis coarctata Herbaceous Vegetation
Reference:
Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description:
This is a mesic native grassland from the Interior Low Plateau of Tennessee (Arnold Air Force Base, Coffee County, Tennessee). The only known example of this association is predominantly a mesic grassland being overgrown by woody species. The dominant grass is <i>Schizachyrium scoparium</i> (possibly <i>var. divergens</i>). Herbs dominate this community and are moderately diverse. Several species associated with mesic conditions are found here, including <i>Rhexia mariana, Bartonia virginica, Platanthera ciliaris, Pycnanthemum tenuifolium, Osmunda cinnamomea, Mitchella repens, Chasmanthium laxum, Calamagrostis coarctata, Lycopodium digitatum, Polytrichum commune</i>, and other mosses. Though <i>Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana</i> is quite abundant here, this community differs from <i>Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana</i>-dominated wooded herbaceous vegetation by containing far more additional woody species, such as <i>Acer rubrum, Liquidambar styraciflua, Nyssa sylvatica, Betula nigra, Cornus florida, Oxydendrum arboreum, Vaccinium fuscatum</i>, and various oaks (<i>Quercus alba, Quercus coccinea, Quercus falcata, Quercus nigra, Quercus phellos</i>). These species form relatively sparse canopy, subcanopy, tall-shrub and low-shrub strata.
Accession Code:
VB.CC.35268.CEGL007708
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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