Name:
Juniperus virginiana / Schizachyrium scoparium - Silphium terebinthinaceum var. luciae-brauniae - Carex juniperorum - Castilleja coccinea Wooded Grassland
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
These "Cat prairies" occur in the Interior Low Plateau region of the United States. Stands are known from Lewis County, Kentucky (Outer Bluegrass region), and also perhaps Adams County, Ohio, on slopes of Middle Silurian calcareous clay shale (upper part of the Crab Orchard Formation). This small-scale, prairie-like vegetation is dominated by <i>Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium, Sporobolus vaginiflorus</i> (and/or <i>Sporobolus neglectus, Sporobolus vaginiflorus var. ozarkanus</i>), <i>Sorghastrum nutans, Danthonia spicata, Castilleja coccinea, Silphium terebinthinaceum var. luciae-brauniae</i>, and <i>Ratibida pinnata</i>. Other species include <i>Sabatia angularis, Gentianella quinquefolia, Dichanthelium depauperatum, Panicum virgatum, Physostegia virginiana ssp. praemorsa, Gaura biennis, Carex juniperorum, Carex crawei, Liatris cylindracea, Bouteloua curtipendula, Maianthemum stellatum, Manfreda virginica, Prenanthes alba, Polygala senega, Phlox pilosa, Oligoneuron rigidum var. glabratum, Symphyotrichum oblongifolium, Liatris aspera</i>, and <i>Cypripedium candidum</i>. Examples may become invaded by <i>Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana</i> because of lack of fire.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:33252-{5DCE24B6-5EC8-4962-9A06-7C74DDB73572}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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