Name:
Quercus macrocarpa - Quercus bicolor - Carya laciniosa / Leersia spp. - Cinna spp. Forest
Reference:
Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
Description:
This bur oak - swamp white oak bottomland hardwoods forest type occurs primarily in the glaciated regions of the central United States. Stands are found in wet-mesic bottomland habitats. The tree canopy contains <i>Quercus macrocarpa</i> and <i>Quercus bicolor</i>, either of which may be dominant. Other floodplain associated species include <i>Celtis occidentalis, Acer saccharinum, Carya cordiformis, Fraxinus pennsylvanica, Populus deltoides, Salix nigra</i>, and <i>Ulmus americana</i>. In the more southern portions of the range, <i>Carya laciniosa</i> and <i>Carya illinoinensis</i> may occur. Common shrubs include <i>Cornus racemosa (= Cornus foemina ssp. racemosa), Ribes americanum, Zanthoxylum americanum</i>, and, in more southern parts of the range, <i>Cephalanthus occidentalis</i>. Vines include <i>Toxicodendron radicans, Smilax tamnoides (= Smilax hispida)</i>, and <i>Vitis riparia</i>. Ground layer species include the forbs and ferns <i>Polygonum virginianum, Arisaema dracontium, Onoclea sensibilis, Galium asprellum</i>, the grasses <i>Cinna arundinacea, Elymus virginicus, Festuca subverticillata, Glyceria striata</i>, and <i>Spartina pectinata</i>, and sedges <i>Carex grayi, Carex hyalinolepis</i>, and <i>Carex muskingumensis</i>. Historically this type may have had a woodland structure because of fire, and more open examples could have a greater representation of prairie-related species, such as <i>Spartina pectinata, Helianthus grosseserratus</i>, and <i>Vernonia gigantea</i>.
Accession Code:
VB.CC.36808.CEGL002098
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
0
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