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Quercus sinuata var. sinuata - Fraxinus americana - Quercus muehlenbergii / Rhus aromatica - Cornus drummondii Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Quercus sinuata var. sinuata - Fraxinus americana - Quercus muehlenbergii / Rhus aromatica - Cornus drummondii Forest
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This upland forest community is known only from dry-mesic slopes associated with Jackson Calcareous Prairies in Louisiana. The open to closed canopy is dominated by <i>Quercus sinuata var. sinuata, Quercus shumardii, Quercus muehlenbergii, Fraxinus americana, Acer floridanum</i>, and <i>Pinus taeda</i>. The open subcanopy consists of canopy species. The open to dense shrub layer includes <i>Rhus aromatica, Cornus drummondii, Ilex decidua, Cercis canadensis var. canadensis, Frangula caroliniana, Sideroxylon lanuginosum, Crataegus spathulata, Viburnum rufidulum</i>, and <i>Diospyros virginiana</i>. The herb layer is characteristically dominated by <i>Melica mutica</i> and <i>Carex cherokeensis</i> but also includes <i>Echinacea purpurea, Phlox pilosa, Carex microdonta</i>, and species from the nearby prairie openings. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:35522-{560A1C5F-E450-4E62-B2C3-A1CEE8D8DA71}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 01-Apr-1995 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688114 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL007256
  Translated: Bastard Oak - White Ash - Chinquapin Oak / Fragrant Sumac - Roughleaf Dogwood Forest
  Common: Dry-Mesic Copenhagen Calcareous Forest
  Scientific: Quercus sinuata var. sinuata - Fraxinus americana - Quercus muehlenbergii / Rhus aromatica - Cornus drummondii Forest
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(similar) Quercus sinuata var. sinuata - Fraxinus americana - Quercus muehlenbergii / Rhus aromatica - Cornus drummondii Forest
(similar) CEGL007256
(similar) Quercus sinuata var. sinuata - Fraxinus americana - Quercus muehlenbergii / Rhus aromatica - Cornus drummondii Forest