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Quercus prinus / Smilax spp. Forest | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Quercus prinus / Smilax spp. Forest
Reference: Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
Description: This chestnut oak / greenbrier forest type is found in the Interior Low Plateau region of the United States. Stands occur on dry sandy, rocky, and gravelly, noncalcareous, thin to deep upland soils of steep mid and upper slopes of hills, bluffs and ridges. Aspect is generally southern and western. Bedrock is predominantly sandstone (sometimes chert), with boulders and rock fragments at or near the surface. The dominant tree species is <i>Quercus prinus</i>. A variety of other tree species may also be present such as <i>Quercus velutina, Carya ovalis, Quercus alba, Quercus coccinea</i>, and <i>Quercus stellata</i>. The understory of this type is poorly developed (less than 50% cover) and consists of scattered, open-grown trees and shrubs and vines, including <i>Vaccinium arboreum</i> and <i>Smilax rotundifolia</i>. Ground cover consists of mixed herbaceous species and is generally sparse (less than 20%). Typical herbaceous species include <i>Antennaria plantaginifolia</i> and <i>Danthonia spicata</i>. There may be an abundance of lichens (<i>Cladina subtenuis, Xanthoparmelia conspersa (= Parmelia conspersa)</i>) and mosses (<i>Leucobryum glaucum</i>) occurring on exposed rock and dead wood. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.36791.CEGL005022
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: Interior Low Plateau Chestnut Oak Forest
  Translated: Chestnut Oak / Greenbrier species Forest
  Code: CEGL005022
  Scientific: Quercus prinus / Smilax spp. Forest
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