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Quercus alba - Quercus macrocarpa - Quercus rubra / Corylus americana Woodland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Quercus alba - Quercus macrocarpa - Quercus rubra / Corylus americana Woodland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This white oak - bur oak woodland is found in the northern prairie-forest border of the midwestern United States. Stands occur on flat, gently rolling or hilly landscapes subject to fires of low frequency and variable intensity. Canopy cover ranges from 30-80%. The tree layer is dominated by <i>Quercus alba</i> and <i>Quercus macrocarpa</i> on drier soils (or even <i>Quercus ellipsoidalis</i> or <i>Quercus velutina</i>) and occasionally codominated by <i>Quercus rubra</i> on more mesic soils. The ground layer is codominated by shrubs and tree grubs, forbs and graminoids. Shrub cover is usually high (30-50%) with some stands forming impenetrable thickets. Typical shrubs include <i>Corylus americana</i> and <i>Cornus foemina</i>. Dominant herbs include <i>Andropogon gerardii, Carex pensylvanica, Desmodium glutinosum</i>, and <i>Geranium maculatum</i>. This community is maintained by a fire regime that is frequent enough to prevent full canopy closure and sapling establishment of fire-sensitive tree species, but infrequent enough to allow saplings of fire-tolerant tree species to reach fire-resistant size. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:31051-{71A92E2B-52D6-4873-8D0C-0EC9CF2A7C2E}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 03-Mar-1994 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689444 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL002142
  Translated: White Oak - Bur Oak - Northern Red Oak / American Hazelnut Woodland
  Common: North-central Dry-Mesic Oak Woodland
  Scientific: Quercus alba - Quercus macrocarpa - Quercus rubra / Corylus americana Woodland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) Quercus alba - Quercus macrocarpa - Quercus rubra / Corylus americana Woodland
(similar) CEGL002142
(similar) Quercus alba - Quercus macrocarpa - Quercus rubra / Corylus americana Woodland