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Quercus alba - Quercus rubra - Acer saccharum - Carya cordiformis / Lindera benzoin Forest | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Quercus alba - Quercus rubra - Acer saccharum - Carya cordiformis / Lindera benzoin Forest
Reference: Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
Description: This mesic white oak - red oak - maple forest type is known from the south-central United States, particularly the Ozark/Ouachita region of Arkansas, Missouri, and eastern Oklahoma. Stands occur on gentle to moderately steep lower slopes in ravines, valleys, bases of bluffs, and sinkhole basins, generally with northern or eastern aspects. The soils are moderately well-drained and shallow to deep. The substrate is various types of bedrock (and colluvium derived from the bedrock), typically limestone or dolomite, but also sandstone or igneous material. The bedrock may be exposed directly or present as residual rock fragments or talus boulders. The canopy is dominated by <i>Quercus rubra</i> with <i>Quercus alba, Acer saccharum, Fraxinus americana</i>, and <i>Tilia americana (var. americana)</i>, with lesser amounts of <i>Carya alba, Carya cordiformis, Fraxinus americana, Juglans nigra</i>, and <i>Ulmus rubra</i>. The understory closure varies with the moisture status of the site, being more closed under greater moisture conditions. Numerous herbs and ferns may be found in examples of this association. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.36795.CEGL002058
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 - Red Oak - Sugar Maple Mesic Forest
  Translated: White Oak - Northern Red Oak - Sugar Maple - Bitternut Hickory / Northern Spicebush Forest
  Scientific: Quercus alba - Quercus rubra - Acer saccharum - Carya cordiformis / Lindera benzoin Forest
  Code: CEGL002058
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689579 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo