Name:
Quercus alba - (Quercus velutina) - Carya ovata / Ostrya virginiana Forest
Reference:
Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
Description:
This oak - hickory forest community is found in the western tallgrass prairie region of the central midwestern United States. It is a dry-mesic deciduous forest community found on gentle to moderately steep slopes on uplands and on steep valley sides. The soils are moderately deep to deep and vary from silts to clays to loams. The parent material is glacial till, limestone, shale, or sandstone. This community has a tall tree canopy with little or no subcanopy. The shrub and herbaceous strata are well-developed. The most abundant tree species are <i>Quercus alba, Quercus rubra, Quercus velutina, Carya ovata, Carya cordiformis</i>, and <i>Tilia americana</i>. The shrubs in this community rarely exceed 2 m. They include <i>Symphoricarpos orbiculatus, Amelanchier alnifolia, Cercis canadensis, Cornus drummondii</i>, and <i>Ribes</i> spp. Species typically in the herbaceous layer are <i>Aquilegia canadensis, Dicentra cucullaria, Laportea canadensis</i>, and <i>Verbena urticifolia</i>. The tree layer of this community is more open near the tops of the bluffs on which it occurs. Shrubs are often dense in these areas. In Oklahoma, this forest is described as occurring in moist soils of floodplains and mesic slopes, rare and localized in five eastern tier counties (Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, LeFlore, and Sequoyah). Characteristic species include <i>Acer saccharum, Asimina triloba, Carya alba, Carya ovata, Cornus florida, Lindera benzoin, Ostrya virginiana, Quercus shumardii</i>, and <i>Quercus velutina</i>.
Accession Code:
VB.CC.36797.CEGL002011
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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