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Quercus macrocarpa / Andropogon gerardii - Hesperostipa spartea Woodland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Quercus macrocarpa / Andropogon gerardii - Hesperostipa spartea Woodland Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This bur oak woodland community is associated with the floodplains of rivers and streams in the central-western tallgrass region of the midwestern United States. Stands occur on gentle to steep slopes with silt or loam soils. Soils are well-drained to moderately well-drained, sometimes shallow (0-40 cm), and formed from loess or glacial till. The overstory of this community is open and dominated by <i>Quercus macrocarpa</i>. <i>Quercus muehlenbergii</i> can be a common associate. Shrubs are absent to common, and include <i>Cornus drummondii, Ceanothus herbaceus, Corylus americana, Prunus americana, Rhus glabra, Ribes missouriense, Symphoricarpos occidentalis</i>, and <i>Zanthoxylum americanum</i>. The herbaceous stratum can be similar to dry prairie. It includes the grasses <i>Andropogon gerardii, Schizachyrium scoparium, Sorghastrum nutans, Sporobolus heterolepis</i>, and <i>Hesperostipa spartea</i>, as well as <i>Maianthemum stellatum, Monarda fistulosa</i>, and <i>Solidago canadensis</i>. In the past, periodic fires kept the canopy from closing. Where fire regimes have been disrupted, this community often begins to succeed to other, more closed oak types.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:30962-{A94E1C6C-CC43-4629-B46F-0CF8FDEEE4AD} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 03-Mar-1994 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Quercus macrocarpa / Corylus spp. / Mixedgrass Woodland Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683064 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL002053   Translated: Bur Oak / Big Bluestem - Porcupine Grass Woodland   Common: Western Tallgrass Bur Oak Woodland   Scientific: Quercus macrocarpa / Andropogon gerardii - Hesperostipa spartea Woodland (convergence) and Synonyms: (similar) CEGL002053 (similar) Quercus macrocarpa / Andropogon gerardii - Hesperostipa spartea Woodland (similar) Quercus macrocarpa / Andropogon gerardii - Hesperostipa spartea Woodland