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Quercus stellata - Quercus muehlenbergii / Schizachyrium scoparium - Sorghastrum nutans Black Belt Woodland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Quercus stellata - Quercus muehlenbergii / Schizachyrium scoparium - Sorghastrum nutans Black Belt Woodland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This Black Belt woodland has an open canopy dominated by <i>Quercus stellata, Quercus muehlenbergii</i>, and <i>Quercus marilandica</i>. Other typical canopy species include <i>Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana, Quercus falcata, Fraxinus americana, Carya tomentosa</i>, and <i>Carya glabra</i>. Canopy closure is highly variable, ranging from open or even scattered, to closed. Presumably this association was more open in the past, with more frequent burning. Typical shrubs include <i>Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana</i> and <i>Frangula caroliniana</i>. <i>Schizachyrium scoparium</i> and <i>Sorghastrum nutans</i> are the principal herbs. This community occurs in the Black Belt (Selma Chalk) area of Alabama and Mississippi. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:33452-{D76FC7EE-536C-4F59-9C88-6E2AC7E7AD8A}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 01-Mar-1997 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684566 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL004670
  Translated: Post Oak - Chinquapin Oak / Little Bluestem - Indiangrass Black Belt Woodland
  Common: Black Belt Post Oak Woodland
  Scientific: Quercus stellata - Quercus muehlenbergii / Schizachyrium scoparium - Sorghastrum nutans Black Belt Woodland
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(similar) Quercus stellata - Quercus muehlenbergii / Schizachyrium scoparium - Sorghastrum nutans Black Belt Woodland
(similar) Quercus stellata - Quercus muehlenbergii / Schizachyrium scoparium - Sorghastrum nutans Black Belt Woodland
(similar) CEGL004670