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Carya ovata / Zanthoxylum americanum / Panicum philadelphicum - Carex pensylvanica Wooded Herbaceous Vegetation | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Carya ovata / Zanthoxylum americanum / Panicum philadelphicum - Carex pensylvanica Wooded Herbaceous Vegetation
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Description: The shagbark hickory / prickly ash alvar woodland type is only known from the Flamborough Plains in southern Ontario west of Lake Ontario, where it is found on shallow soils over flat dolostone outcrops (pavements). Other examples may exist in the Lake Erie and Lake Ontario watersheds. This savanna community has scattered trees forming 10-25% canopy cover, and a variable understory with shrubby patches and grassy patches. The dominant tree is <i>Carya ovata</i>; other characteristic trees include <i>Quercus macrocarpa, Quercus muehlenbergii, Fraxinus americana</i>, and <i>Ulmus thomasii</i>. The most abundant shrub is <i>Zanthoxylum americanum</i>; other characteristic shrubs are <i>Cornus racemosa (= Cornus foemina ssp. racemosa), Rhamnus cathartica, Prunus virginiana</i>, and <i>Symphoricarpos albus</i>). Characteristic herbs of grassy patches in the ground layer are <i>Danthonia spicata, Hieracium piloselloides, Panicum philadelphicum, Carex pensylvanica, Poa compressa</i>, and <i>Solidago nemoralis</i>. Small outcrops of dolostone pavement are common; characteristic herbs on pavement patches include <i>Isanthus brachiatus (= Trichostema brachiatum), Geranium bicknellii</i>, and <i>Panicum</i> spp. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.37045.CEGL005230
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Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
  • This Community's Level: association
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Common: Shagbark Hickory / Prickly-ash Alvar Woodland
  Translated: Shagbark Hickory / Common Prickly-ash / Philadelphia Panicgrass - Pennsylvania Sedge Wooded Herbaceous Vegetation
  Scientific: Carya ovata / Zanthoxylum americanum / Panicum philadelphicum - Carex pensylvanica Wooded Herbaceous Vegetation
  Code: CEGL005230
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683111 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo