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Quercus velutina - Quercus alba North-Central Forest Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Quercus velutina - Quercus alba North-Central Forest Alliance
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This dry oak forest alliance is found throughout the central midwestern United States and southwestern Ontario, Canada. The tree canopy is moderately closed, occasionally scrubby, and with typically 60-100% cover. <i>Quercus velutina</i> is the dominant tree species with <i>Quercus alba</i> and <i>Carya</i> spp. as common associates. Typical shrubs and small trees include <i>Cornus florida, Corylus americana, Ostrya virginiana, Sassafras albidum, Vaccinium</i> spp., <i>Viburnum acerifolium</i>, and <i>Hamamelis virginiana</i>. Some common herbs (but this list is incomplete) include <i>Amphicarpaea bracteata, Danthonia spicata, Antennaria plantaginifolia, Desmodium nudiflorum</i>, and <i>Prenanthes altissima</i>. Stands can be found on mid to upper slopes and terraces where dry or dry-mesic conditions persist and where soils are more sandy and/or rocky. Many stands are found on coarser-textured soils. These forests require a combination of drought and fire to persist. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38613-{C2DDA86B-7772-4D51-BD6F-94451E808CA4}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 18-Dec-2014 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.899450 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A3326
  Translated: Black Oak - White Oak North-Central Forest Alliance
  Common: North-Central Black Oak - White Oak Forest
  Scientific: Quercus velutina - Quercus alba North-Central Forest Alliance