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Quercus palustris - Quercus bicolor - Acer rubrum Flatwoods Forest | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Quercus palustris - Quercus bicolor - Acer rubrum Flatwoods Forest
Reference: Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
Description: This pin oak - swamp white oak flatwoods is found in the midwestern United States and adjacent Canada near Lake Michigan and Lake Erie. Stands occur on poorly drained uplands or in depressions on level glacial lakeplains or outwash plains. There is a layer of acidic sand over a layer of impermeable or nearly impermeable clay resulting in a shallow, perched water table. Ponding is common during the wet seasons and droughts in the summer, leading to a complex of forest upland and wetland species. Deciduous hardwoods and softwoods predominate. Diagnostic species include <i>Quercus bicolor, Quercus ellipsoidalis, Quercus palustris</i>, and <i>Acer rubrum</i>. Other associates include <i>Ilex verticillata</i> and <i>Ulmus americana</i>. The herbaceous layer, which can be sparse, contains <i>Carex muskingumensis, Glyceria striata, Maianthemum canadense, Mitchella repens</i>, and <i>Osmunda cinnamomea</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.36862.CEGL005037
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
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Names:   Common: Northern (Great Lakes) Flatwoods
  Translated: Pin Oak - Swamp White Oak - Red Maple Flatwoods Forest
  Scientific: Quercus palustris - Quercus bicolor - Acer rubrum Flatwoods Forest
  Code: CEGL005037
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685467 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo