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Quercus macrocarpa / Andropogon gerardii - Hesperostipa spartea Woodland | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Quercus macrocarpa / Andropogon gerardii - Hesperostipa spartea Woodland
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Description: This bur oak woodland community is associated with the floodplains of rivers and streams in the central-western tallgrass region of the midwestern United States. Stands occur on gentle to steep slopes with silt or loam soils. Soils are well-drained to moderately well-drained, sometimes shallow (0-40 cm), and formed from loess or glacial till. The overstory of this community is open and dominated by <i>Quercus macrocarpa</i>. <i>Quercus muehlenbergii</i> can be a common associate. Shrubs are absent to common, and include <i>Cornus drummondii, Ceanothus herbaceus (= Ceanothus ovatus), Corylus americana, Prunus americana, Rhus glabra, Ribes missouriense, Symphoricarpos occidentalis</i>, and <i>Zanthoxylum americanum</i>. The herbaceous stratum can be similar to dry prairie. It includes the grasses <i>Andropogon gerardii, Schizachyrium scoparium, Sorghastrum nutans, Sporobolus heterolepis</i>, and <i>Hesperostipa spartea (= Stipa spartea)</i>, as well as <i>Maianthemum stellatum, Monarda fistulosa</i>, and <i>Solidago canadensis</i>. In the past, periodic fires kept the canopy from closing. Where fire regimes have been disrupted, this community often begins to succeed to other, more closed oak types. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.36724.CEGL002053
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: Western Tallgrass Bur Oak Woodland
  Translated: Bur Oak / Big Bluestem - Porcupine Grass Woodland
  Scientific: Quercus macrocarpa / Andropogon gerardii - Hesperostipa spartea Woodland
  Code: CEGL002053
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683064 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo