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Quercus stellata - Quercus marilandica Forest & Woodland Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Quercus stellata - Quercus marilandica Forest & Woodland Alliance
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This alliance occurs in a variety of dry landscape settings in the Crosstimbers region of Oklahoma and Kansas. It is characterized by a canopy of <i>Quercus stellata</i> and <i>Quercus marilandica</i>. Other canopy associates may include <i>Quercus velutina, Carya texana, Carya cordiformis, Quercus prinoides</i>, and <i>Ulmus alata</i>. It is found northwest of the range of <i>Ulmus crassifolia</i> and west of the range of <i>Quercus falcata, Quercus alba, Quercus coccinea, Pinus echinata, Vaccinium pallidum, Vaccinium stamineum</i>, and <i>Gaylussacia</i> spp. Woodland examples often have high cover of <i>Schizachyrium scoparium</i> and other grasses from adjacent prairies. Forest examples may have high cover of <i>Juniperus virginiana</i> in the understory. These forests and woodlands are found in a variety of landscape settings from level plains to rolling hills to rocky hilltops and ridges. Substrates are variable and may include sands to clay loams over alluvium, sandstone, limestone, dolomite, shale, and granite. Fire and grazing are thought to play a role in maintaining this vegetation. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38503-{E123F289-450A-4015-A314-A2329A8FF7E4}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 18-Dec-2014 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.899340 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A3216
  Translated: Post Oak - Blackjack Oak Forest & Woodland Alliance
  Common: Northern Crosstimbers Post Oak - Blackjack Oak Forest & Woodland
  Scientific: Quercus stellata - Quercus marilandica Forest & Woodland Alliance