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Quercus alba - Quercus velutina - Quercus palustris / Carex pensylvanica Woodland | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Quercus alba - Quercus velutina - Quercus palustris / Carex pensylvanica Woodland
Reference: Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
Description: This community is found in the southern Great Lakes lakeplain of the United States and Canada, particularly in southwestern Michigan and southwestern Ontario. Stands occur on undisturbed sand ridges and raised areas in poorly drained glacial lakeplains. The soils are very loamy sands or sometimes sand. The pH is typically 5.0-7.2. Oaks (<i>Quercus alba, Quercus macrocarpa, Quercus palustris</i>, and <i>Quercus velutina</i>) dominate the canopy, while the ground layer is dominated by <i>Amphicarpaea bracteata, Andropogon gerardii, Apios americana, Calamagrostis canadensis, Carex pensylvanica, Galium boreale</i>, and <i>Pteridium aquilinum</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.36695.CEGL005054
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: Lakeplain Mesic Oak Woodland
  Translated: White Oak - Black Oak - Pin Oak / Pennsylvania Sedge Woodland
  Scientific: Quercus alba - Quercus velutina - Quercus palustris / Carex pensylvanica Woodland
  Code: CEGL005054
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684806 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo