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Quercus macrocarpa / Mixedgrass Loam Wooded Grassland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Quercus macrocarpa / Mixedgrass Loam Wooded Grassland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This community type is found in the north-central portion of the Great Plains of the United States and Canada. Stands occur along the upper portions of river valleys slopes, ravines, and moraine hills. In North Dakota, this community occurs on nearly level to hilly glacial till uplands along the edge of the Turtle Mountains. The tree canopy of this community is open, with individual or clumped <i>Quercus macrocarpa</i> trees and scattered shrubs in a matrix of graminoid-dominated understory. Common shrubs include <i>Symphoricarpos occidentalis</i> and <i>Prunus virginiana</i>. Frequent grasses include <i>Elymus canadensis, Nassella viridula, Pascopyrum smithii, Elymus trachycaulus</i>, and <i>Muhlenbergia racemosa</i>. Forbs may include <i>Anemone canadensis, Anemone cylindrica, Heuchera richardsonii, Vicia americana, Asclepias verticillata</i>, and <i>Galium boreale</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:31072-{7691FAB9-FBFB-4E8B-AF6B-2E436C9A00A8}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 08-Jul-1997 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689322 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL002163
  Translated: Bur Oak / Mixedgrass Loam Wooded Grassland
  Common: Bur Oak / Mixedgrass Loam Wooded Grassland
  Scientific: Quercus macrocarpa / Mixedgrass Loam Wooded Grassland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL002163
(similar) Quercus macrocarpa / Mixedgrass Loam Wooded Herbaceous Vegetation
(similar) Quercus macrocarpa / Mixedgrass Loam Wooded Herbaceous Vegetation