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Quercus fusiformis - Juniperus ashei Dry Forest & Woodland Group | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Quercus fusiformis - Juniperus ashei Dry Forest & Woodland Group
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This upland mixed forest group occurs primarily on coarse- to fine-textured soils on upper slopes and mesas in the Edwards Plateau region of Texas and extends north discontinuously into north Texas and south-central Oklahoma. Physiognomic expression of this group varies from dense mottes (patches of forest where canopy cover approaches 100%) interspersed with grasslands to open savanna-like woodlands with scattered individual or small groups of trees. <i>Quercus fusiformis</i> is common and often dominates stands of this group. Other canopy species may include <i>Fraxinus albicans, Juniperus ashei, Pinus remota, Prosopis glandulosa, Quercus buckleyi, Quercus marilandica, Quercus sinuata, Quercus stellata, Quercus vaseyana</i>, and <i>Ulmus crassifolia</i>. Grasslands occur in small patches within more closed woodlands and in larger patches between mottes or in open savanna-like woodlands with scattered trees. Grasslands related to this group tend to grade from shortgrass communities in the west to mixedgrass communities to the east. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:39959-{44A697D2-0758-4707-82B4-A3872F64494C}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 07-May-2015 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.833210 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: G126
  Scientific: Quercus fusiformis - Juniperus ashei Dry Forest & Woodland Group