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Quercus buckleyi Slope Forest & Woodland Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Quercus buckleyi Slope Forest & Woodland Alliance
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This alliance is characterized by <i>Quercus buckleyi</i>. Associated canopy species include <i>Ulmus crassifolia, Celtis laevigata var. laevigata, Celtis laevigata var. texana, Quercus fusiformis, Quercus muehlenbergii, Prunus serotina var. eximia</i>, and <i>Fraxinus albicans</i>. It is predominantly deciduous, but may occur in mixed stands with lower cover of evergreen oaks and junipers. This alliance occurs in dissected terrain on dry-mesic to mesic limestone slopes in the eastern and southern Edwards Plateau and Lampasas Cutplain in central Texas and in the Arbuckle Mountains in southern Oklahoma. It may cover low hills, but often occupies protected mid to lower slopes in fairly dissected terrain. The underlying substrate is limestone and soils are calcareous. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38036-{34549E4C-9A53-485C-A126-7B94BB0851D2}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 18-Dec-2014 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.898974 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A0242
  Translated: Texas Red Oak Slope Forest & Woodland Alliance
  Common: Texas Red Oak Slope Forest & Woodland
  Scientific: Quercus buckleyi Slope Forest & Woodland Alliance