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Quercus alba / Cornus florida Unglaciated Forest | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Quercus alba / Cornus florida Unglaciated Forest
Reference: Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
Description: This white oak type is found in the Interior Low Plateau and Ozarks region of the midwestern United States. Stands may occur on fairly rich sites with a strong clay component in the soil, or on steep slopes, where soils are silty, well-drained soils formed from cherty limestone. The vegetation is dominated by closed-canopy trees. Historically stands may have had a woodland structure. The vegetation is strongly dominated by <i>Quercus alba</i>. Stands in Illinois and Indiana contain 80-90% <i>Quercus alba</i>, and <i>Quercus prinus</i> and <i>Pinus virginiana</i> are minor components. In Kansas, associated tree species include <i>Carya cordiformis, Carya ovata, Ostrya virginiana</i>, and <i>Sassafras albidum</i>. Shrubs include <i>Staphylea trifolia</i> and <i>Vaccinium arboreum</i>, and <i>Cornus florida</i> is not very constant. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.36703.CEGL002066
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: White Oak / Dogwood Dry-Mesic Forest
  Translated: White Oak / Flowering Dogwood Unglaciated Forest
  Scientific: Quercus alba / Cornus florida Unglaciated Forest
  Code: CEGL002066
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686441 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo