Name:
Quercus sinuata var. breviloba Scrub
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
This association is found in the Arbuckle Mountains of Oklahoma (Garvin, Johnston, and Murray counties) and the Lampasas Cutplain and Edwards Plateau of central Texas, where it occurs on shallow soils over limestone mesatops, upper slopes and escarpments. <i>Quercus sinuata var. breviloba</i> is dominant. Other characteristic species may include, within their respective ranges, <i>Bouteloua curtipendula, Bouteloua hirsuta, Bouteloua rigidiseta, Hedeoma drummondii, Hilaria belangeri, Cercis canadensis var. texensis, Engelmannia peristenia, Forestiera pubescens, Fraxinus albicans, Sideroxylon lanuginosum, Ilex decidua, Celtis laevigata var. reticulata, Ulmus crassifolia, Sophora secundiflora, Quercus buckleyi, Polygala lindheimeri, Ptelea trifoliata, Rhus lanceolata, Rhus virens var. virens, Rhus trilobata var. trilobata, Schizachyrium scoparium</i>, and, in more mesic areas, <i>Toxicodendron radicans ssp. eximium, Ungnadia speciosa, Sporobolus vaginiflorus var. ozarkanus, Carex planostachys, Lespedeza texana</i>, and <i>Opuntia engelmannii</i>. Herbaceous cover is usually low beneath shrubs and high between clumps of shrubs. This community is favored by fire, other disturbances, and harsh environmental conditions. It is considered good habitat for the endangered black-capped vireo (<i>Vireo atricapilla</i>) which prefers an open, primarily deciduous shrubland with dense foliage extending to ground level.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:33241-{C58E8FCC-1219-44AA-9166-4FEB4927CE37}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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