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Juniperus ashei Dry Chalk Outcrop Woodland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Juniperus ashei Dry Chalk Outcrop Woodland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This association includes <i>Juniperus ashei</i> woodlands, occurring on chalk bluffs in the Coastal Plain of Arkansas. This community is a linear feature that occurs on the tops bluffs that are of 27 to 30 m (90-100-feet) high, over very thin alkaline soils. <i>Quercus sinuata</i>, a deciduous oak, is a characteristic associated species that occurs as a stunted tree or large shrub. Either <i>Juniperus ashei</i> or <i>Quercus sinuata</i> may be locally dominant within an occurrence. Other associated species may include <i>Quercus prinoides, Fraxinus quadrangulata</i> and <i>Ulmus alata</i>. This woodland grades into areas supporting unique Blackland Prairie communities and may contain species from these adjacent areas. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:36135-{C53954A2-469D-4327-8103-EC8F0F33F46E}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 20-Dec-1999 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685264 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL007967
  Translated: Ashe's Juniper Dry Chalk Outcrop Woodland
  Common: Upper West Gulf Coastal Plain Dry Chalk Outcrop Woodland
  Scientific: Juniperus ashei Dry Chalk Outcrop Woodland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL007967
(similar) Juniperus ashei Dry Chalk Outcrop Woodland
(similar) Juniperus ashei Dry Chalk Outcrop Woodland