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Quercus stellata - Quercus marilandica / Schizachyrium scoparium Woodland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Quercus stellata - Quercus marilandica / Schizachyrium scoparium Woodland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This post oak - blackjack oak woodland type is found in the southeastern Great Plains and tallgrass prairie areas, sometimes called the Crosstimbers region, of the United States. Stands are found on ridgetops and gently to steeply sloping hillsides. Soils are shallow to moderately deep, sandy to loamy, and somewhat poorly drained to well-drained. The parent material is typically sandstone. The vegetation structure is an open canopy of trees. Dominant species include <i>Quercus stellata</i> and <i>Quercus marilandica</i>, with occasional <i>Quercus prinoides</i> and <i>Celtis tenuifolia</i>. The shrub layer is often absent. The ground layer consists of <i>Schizachyrium scoparium, Andropogon gerardii</i>, and <i>Sorghastrum nutans</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:31056-{80E4E742-168B-435C-ABF7-1A455C472015}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 31-Jan-2000 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683084 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL002147
  Translated: Post Oak - Blackjack Oak / Little Bluestem Woodland
  Common: Crosstimbers Post Oak - Blackjack Oak Woodland
  Scientific: Quercus stellata - Quercus marilandica / Schizachyrium scoparium Woodland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) Quercus stellata - Quercus marilandica / Schizachyrium scoparium Woodland
(similar) CEGL002147
(similar) Quercus stellata - Quercus marilandica / Schizachyrium scoparium Woodland