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Quercus sinuata var. sinuata - Fraxinus americana - Quercus muehlenbergii / Rhus aromatica - Cornus drummondii Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Quercus sinuata var. sinuata - Fraxinus americana - Quercus muehlenbergii / Rhus aromatica - Cornus drummondii Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This upland forest community is known only from dry-mesic slopes associated with Jackson Calcareous Prairies in Louisiana. The open to closed canopy is dominated by <i>Quercus sinuata var. sinuata, Quercus shumardii, Quercus muehlenbergii, Fraxinus americana, Acer barbatum</i>, and <i>Pinus taeda</i>. The open subcanopy consists of canopy species. The open to dense shrub layer includes <i>Rhus aromatica, Cornus drummondii, Ilex decidua, Cercis canadensis var. canadensis, Frangula caroliniana, Sideroxylon lanuginosum, Crataegus spathulata, Viburnum rufidulum</i>, and <i>Diospyros virginiana</i>. The herb layer is characteristically dominated by <i>Melica mutica</i> and <i>Carex cherokeensis</i> but also includes <i>Echinacea purpurea, Phlox pilosa, Carex microdonta</i>, and species from the nearby prairie openings. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.35412.CEGL007256
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: Dry-Mesic Copenhagen Calcareous Forest
  Translated: Bastard Oak - White Ash - Chinkapin Oak / Fragrant Sumac - Roughleaf Dogwood Forest
  Scientific: Quercus sinuata var. sinuata - Fraxinus americana - Quercus muehlenbergii / Rhus aromatica - Cornus drummondii Forest
  Code: CEGL007256
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688114 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo