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Fraxinus americana - Quercus stellata / Carex pensylvanica Appalachian Mafic-Circumneutral Scrub Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Fraxinus americana - Quercus stellata / Carex pensylvanica Appalachian Mafic-Circumneutral Scrub Alliance
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This Appalachian shale barrens vegetation is dominated by native graminoids such as <i>Andropogon</i> sp., <i>Carex pensylvanica, Danthonia spicata, Piptochaetium avenaceum, Schizachyrium scoparium</i>, and <i>Sporobolus compositus</i>, with some scattered <i>Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana, Quercus montana, Quercus stellata</i>, and/or <i>Quercus velutina</i> in the open to sparse canopy. This alliance occurs on shale and other geologic substrates with high available base status. These substrates include shales, calcareous shales, calcareous Silurian sandstones, metabasalt (greenstone), diabase, charnockite, amphibolite, metasiltstone and phyllite. This vegetation is found in the Appalachian region of the eastern United States. The physiognomy is generally maintained in a relatively open condition by a combination of dry thin soils and management practices. The physiognomy may vary from entirely herbaceous to sparse scrub or woodland. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38326-{D22402DA-12EC-4A7C-BA53-687C78569476}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Sep-2014 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.878975 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A2074
  Translated: White Ash - Post Oak / Pennsylvania Sedge Appalachian Mafic-Circumneutral Scrub Alliance
  Common: Appalachian Mafic-Circumneutral Barrens
  Scientific: Fraxinus americana - Quercus stellata / Carex pensylvanica Appalachian Mafic-Circumneutral Scrub Alliance