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Quercus macrocarpa / Danthonia spicata - (Geum triflorum) Limestone Wooded Herbaceous Vegetation | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Quercus macrocarpa / Danthonia spicata - (Geum triflorum) Limestone Wooded Herbaceous Vegetation
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Description: This type is primarily located within Ontario on limestone/dolostone plateaus with shallow soils. These soils are deeper than those typical of alvars, but drier due to areas containing grikes and clints. Vegetation is dominated by a very open <i>Quercus macrocarpa</i> canopy (<10%) with <i>Danthonia spicata</i> and <i>Geum triflorum</i> dominating the understory. It is heavily threatened by fire suppression, which is converting many areas to forest. Other areas have been converted to pasture or limestone quarry sites. Historically, this type was more prevalent along the Trent River, the Flamborough River, and on the Paleozoic Contact Line. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.36709.CEGL005237
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: Bur Oak Limestone Savanna
  Translated: Bur Oak / Poverty Oatgrass - (Prairie-smoke) Limestone Wooded Herbaceous Vegetation
  Scientific: Quercus macrocarpa / Danthonia spicata - (Geum triflorum) Limestone Wooded Herbaceous Vegetation
  Code: CEGL005237
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684795 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo