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Quercus macrocarpa - Quercus palustris - Quercus bicolor / Calamagrostis canadensis Wooded Grassland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Quercus macrocarpa - Quercus palustris - Quercus bicolor / Calamagrostis canadensis Wooded Grassland Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This bur oak - mixed oak savanna or openings community occurs on lakeplains of the southern Great Lakes in the United States and Canada. Stands occur on sandy or, less commonly, silty/clayey glacial lakeplains with seasonally high water tables. Soils are mildly alkaline very fine sandy loams or loamy very fine sands, sometimes sands. These soils have moderate water-retaining capacity. Within glacial lakeplains there are two prominent forms of savanna communities. In both types, <i>Quercus</i> spp. dominate the tree canopy layer and grasses and sedges make up the majority of the ground layer. The more mesic to dry-mesic type occurs on droughty beach ridges and is typically dominated by <i>Quercus velutina</i> and <i>Quercus alba</i>. The wet-mesic type described here is found on flat, poorly drained areas. It is dominated by <i>Quercus macrocarpa, Quercus palustris</i>, and <i>Quercus bicolor</i> with some <i>Acer rubrum</i> and a lakeplain wet prairie ground layer component. In Michigan the herbaceous species present may include <i>Andropogon gerardii, Carex</i> spp., <i>Schizachyrium scoparium</i>, and <i>Sorghastrum nutans</i>. The canopy of this community can be very open.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:33885-{BCB2E568-E68F-4CA7-853D-2D5FA8A8F4DE} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 03-Mar-1994 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Quercus macrocarpa - Quercus alba Wooded Grassland Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688205 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL005120   Translated: Bur Oak - Pin Oak - Swamp White Oak / Bluejoint Open Woodland   Common: Lakeplain Wet-Mesic Oak Openings   Scientific: Quercus macrocarpa - Quercus palustris - Quercus bicolor / Calamagrostis canadensis Wooded Grassland (convergence) and Synonyms: (similar) Quercus macrocarpa - Quercus palustris - Quercus bicolor / Calamagrostis canadensis Wooded Herbaceous Vegetation (similar) CEGL005120 (similar) Quercus macrocarpa - Quercus palustris - Quercus bicolor / Calamagrostis canadensis Wooded Herbaceous Vegetation