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Quercus montana - Quercus coccinea Shale Woodland Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Quercus montana - Quercus coccinea Shale Woodland Alliance
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This alliance includes open woodlands of shale and siltstone barrens and ridges in the Allegheny Plateau and Knobs region of Kentucky, possibly ranging into Tennessee and West Virginia. Canopies are dominated by <i>Quercus montana</i>, with lesser coverage by <i>Amelanchier arborea, Carya glabra, Pinus virginiana, Quercus coccinea</i>, and <i>Quercus velutina</i>. Other species include the woody plants <i>Carya tomentosa, Cornus florida, Vaccinium pallidum</i>, and the grasses and forbs <i>Aristida dichotoma, Aristida oligantha, Danthonia spicata, Dichanthelium linearifolium, Pityopsis graminifolia var. latifolia</i>, and <i>Potentilla canadensis</i>. Some examples may contain <i>Silene caroliniana</i> (<i>ssp. wherryi</i>, or possibly <i>ssp. pensylvanica</i>). This alliance is currently defined in a narrow sense to cover woodlands associated with shale substrates, but may be expanded if needed. This alliance also includes (in concept) <i>Quercus montana</i>-dominated woodlands on the siltstone ridgetops of the Kentucky Knobs region, but this concept apparently represents an undescribed association. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38082-{98F0D027-22AF-4D3D-BF6D-1069C8F2FA21}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 21-Apr-2015 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.879076 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A0622
  Translated: Chestnut Oak - Scarlet Oak Shale Woodland Alliance
  Common: Shale Oak Woodland
  Scientific: Quercus montana - Quercus coccinea Shale Woodland Alliance