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Quercus alba - Carya alba / Ostrya virginiana / Carex pensylvanica - Schizachyrium scoparium Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Quercus alba - Carya alba / Ostrya virginiana / Carex pensylvanica - Schizachyrium scoparium Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This is a dry to dry-mesic oak - hickory forest of sandstone plateaus of the Arkansas River Valley Section, Magazine Mountain Subsection of Arkansas. The short (8-m) canopy is dominated by <i>Quercus alba</i> and <i>Carya alba</i>, with possibly some <i>Quercus rubra</i>. <i>Ostrya virginiana</i> dominates the subcanopy; <i>Chionanthus virginicus</i> is also present. <i>Vaccinium stamineum</i> may be a prominent low shrub in some examples. Due to relatively harsh edaphic conditions associated with this type, the canopy is short-statured, and grasses are prominent in the herbaceous stratum; these include <i>Schizachyrium scoparium, Andropogon gerardii, Carex pensylvanica</i>, and <i>Dichanthelium boscii</i>. Other herbaceous species include <i>Porteranthus stipulatus, Symphyotrichum undulatum</i>? (= <i>Aster undulatus</i>?), <i>Solidago ulmifolia</i>, and <i>Helianthus hirsutus</i>. More information is needed on the detailed floristics of this association. It is noteworthy for its short stature and the grass/graminoid-dominated herbaceous layer. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.35400.CEGL007818
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: Magazine Mountain White Oak Forest
  Translated: White Oak - Mockernut Hickory / Hophornbeam / Pennsylvania Sedge - Little Bluestem Forest
  Scientific: Quercus alba - Carya alba / Ostrya virginiana / Carex pensylvanica - Schizachyrium scoparium Forest
  Code: CEGL007818
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685137 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo