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Fraxinus quadrangulata - Quercus macrocarpa - Quercus muehlenbergii / Arundinaria gigantea ssp. gigantea / Elymus spp. Woodland | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Fraxinus quadrangulata - Quercus macrocarpa - Quercus muehlenbergii / Arundinaria gigantea ssp. gigantea / Elymus spp. Woodland
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This historic community was restricted to the Bluegrass Region of Kentucky. The tree layer was dominated by variable mixtures of <i>Fraxinus quadrangulata, Quercus macrocarpa</i>, and <i>Quercus muehlenbergii</i>, with various other species as well, especially <i>Juglans nigra, Aesculus glabra</i>, and <i>Gymnocladus dioicus</i>, and in moister areas <i>Carya laciniosa</i> and <i>Quercus shumardii</i>. <i>Arundinaria gigantea ssp. gigantea</i> was locally dominant, and sometimes very extensive. This type graded locally to <i>Arundinaria</i>-dominated areas with scattered to nearly absent trees [see ~<i>Fraxinus quadrangulata - Quercus macrocarpa / Arundinaria gigantea ssp. gigantea</i> Wooded Shrubland Alliance (A0794)$$]. Shrubs include <i>Symphoricarpos orbiculatus</i>. The herb layer was well-developed in more open areas (probably as a result of fire and bison-browse), with species such as <i>Trifolium stoloniferum, Elymus</i> spp., <i>Ageratina altissima var. altissima, Amphicarpaea bracteata</i>, and possibly <i>Tridens flavus</i> and <i>Poa pratensis</i>?. The presence of <i>Acer saccharum</i> in present vegetation related to this historic type is a symptom of fire suppression. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.35939.CEGL004436
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
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Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
  • This Community's Level: association
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Names:   Common: Bluegrass Cane Woodland
  Translated: Blue Ash - Bur Oak - Chinkapin Oak / Giant Cane / Wildrye species Woodland
  Scientific: Fraxinus quadrangulata - Quercus macrocarpa - Quercus muehlenbergii / Arundinaria gigantea ssp. gigantea / Elymus spp. Woodland
  Code: CEGL004436
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689214 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo