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Quercus stellata - Carya carolinae-septentrionalis / Acer leucoderme / Piptochaetium avenaceum - Danthonia spicata Woodland | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Quercus stellata - Carya carolinae-septentrionalis / Acer leucoderme / Piptochaetium avenaceum - Danthonia spicata Woodland
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: Piedmont woodlands of dry, upland, montmorillonitic clay soils derived from mafic volcanic rocks. The canopy is dominated by <i>Quercus stellata</i> and <i>Carya carolinae-septentrionalis</i> with <i>Ulmus alata, Fraxinus americana, Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana, Carya glabra</i>, and <i>Acer rubrum var. rubrum</i>. Other characteristic tree species include <i>Quercus alba, Quercus velutina</i>, and <i>Quercus prinus</i>. The sparse understory contains <i>Cornus florida, Acer leucoderme, Crataegus uniflora, Crataegus marshallii, Cercis canadensis var. canadensis, Diospyros virginiana, Rosa carolina, Vaccinium stamineum, Vaccinium arboreum</i>, among other species. Characteristic species in the herbaceous layer include <i>Piptochaetium avenaceum, Danthonia spicata, Galium circaezans, Gelsemium sempervirens, Scleria triglomerata, Smilax bona-nox, Smilax glauca</i>, and <i>Vitis rotundifolia</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.35353.CEGL003713
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Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
  • This Community's Level: association
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Common: Piedmont Basic Hardpan Forest (Rocky Type)
  Translated: Post Oak - Southern Shagbark Hickory / Chalk Maple / Blackseed Speargrass - Poverty Oatgrass Woodland
  Scientific: Quercus stellata - Carya carolinae-septentrionalis / Acer leucoderme / Piptochaetium avenaceum - Danthonia spicata Woodland
  Code: CEGL003713
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685712 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo