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Quercus palustris - Quercus bicolor - Nyssa sylvatica - Acer rubrum Sand Flatwoods Forest | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Quercus palustris - Quercus bicolor - Nyssa sylvatica - Acer rubrum Sand Flatwoods Forest
Reference: Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
Description: This pin oak - swamp white oak sand flatwoods community is found in the midwestern United States and adjacent Canada. Stands occur on poorly drained uplands or in depressions on level glacial lakeplains or outwash plains. A perched water table over an impermeable clay layer leads to ponding in spring and droughts in summer. Deciduous hardwoods and softwoods dominate the tree canopy. Dominants include several oaks, <i>Quercus palustris</i> and <i>Quercus bicolor</i>, as well as <i>Acer rubrum</i> and <i>Nyssa sylvatica</i>. The shrub layer may contain <i>Ilex verticillata, Spiraea tomentosa</i>, and <i>Vaccinium angustifolium</i>. Herbaceous species include <i>Maianthemum canadense, Mitchella repens, Osmunda cinnamomea</i>, and <i>Osmunda regalis</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.36861.CEGL002100
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: Pin Oak - Swamp White Oak Sand Flatwoods
  Translated: Pin Oak - Swamp White Oak - Blackgum - Red Maple Sand Flatwoods Forest
  Scientific: Quercus palustris - Quercus bicolor - Nyssa sylvatica - Acer rubrum Sand Flatwoods Forest
  Code: CEGL002100
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689285 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo