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Quercus alba - Quercus macrocarpa / Andropogon gerardii Wooded Herbaceous Vegetation | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Quercus alba - Quercus macrocarpa / Andropogon gerardii Wooded Herbaceous Vegetation
Reference: Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
Description: This community occurs in the upper midwestern United States and possibly adjacent Canada, particularly in south-central Michigan and western New York, and possibly southern Ontario. Stands historically occurred on level to rolling topography on well-drained outwash plains and coarse-textured end moraines, or more rarely on thin soils over limestone. Soils were sandy loam to loam with a low water-retaining capacity. The tree canopy may have varied from 10-60% closure. The dominant tree was <i>Quercus alba</i>, with some <i>Quercus macrocarpa, Quercus muehlenbergii, Quercus velutina, Carya ovalis, Carya ovata</i>, and <i>Carya glabra</i>. There is some evidence that <i>Quercus muehlenbergii</i> may have been more important historically. Ground layer graminoid species probably were <i>Andropogon gerardii, Schizachyrium scoparium</i>, and <i>Sorghastrum nutans</i>. Some typical forbs probably included <i>Amorpha canescens, Anemone cylindrica, Asclepias tuberosa, Symphyotrichum laeve (= Aster laevis), Symphyotrichum pilosum (= Aster pilosus)</i>, and <i>Erigeron strigosus</i>. No extant stands of high quality are known. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.36775.CEGL005121
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 - Bur Oak Opening
  Translated: White Oak - Bur Oak / Big Bluestem Wooded Herbaceous Vegetation
  Scientific: Quercus alba - Quercus macrocarpa / Andropogon gerardii Wooded Herbaceous Vegetation
  Code: CEGL005121
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686553 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo