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Quercus macrocarpa / Mixedgrass Woodland Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Quercus macrocarpa / Mixedgrass Woodland Alliance
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This alliance, found in the northern Great Plains, is a mixedgrass savanna and woodland. Scattered and clumped trees are always present, and the tree stratum varies from 10 to 60% cover. <i>Quercus macrocarpa</i> is the most common tree. Mid grasses and tall grasses dominate the ground layer, including <i>Andropogon gerardii, Carex pensylvanica, Schizachyrium scoparium</i>, and <i>Sorghastrum nutans</i>. Shrubs are present but may be scattered. <i>Corylus</i> spp. and <i>Symphoricarpos occidentalis</i> are typical shrubs. Stands of this alliance occur on sandy lacustrine and glacial outwash deposits reworked by wind, on shale, and on glacial till. Soils are relatively infertile and excessively well-drained. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38244-{1D082C76-5AE5-4A35-9822-43326968B9F9}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 08-Jan-2014 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.899147 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A1505
  Translated: Bur Oak / Mixedgrass Woodland Alliance
  Common: Bur Oak / Mixedgrass Woodland
  Scientific: Quercus macrocarpa / Mixedgrass Woodland Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) Quercus macrocarpa Wooded Medium-Tall Herbaceous Alliance
(similar) A.1505