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Quercus muehlenbergii - Quercus shumardii - Fraxinus quadrangulata Forest & Woodland Group | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Quercus muehlenbergii - Quercus shumardii - Fraxinus quadrangulata Forest & Woodland Group
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This group encompasses relatively dry calcareous forests and woodlands of temperate eastern North America, especially the unglaciated forest region of the south-central United States, in which various combinations of <i>Fraxinus quadrangulata, Juniperus virginiana, Quercus muehlenbergii</i>, and/or <i>Quercus shumardii</i> are characteristic. Examples can occur on a variety of topographic and landscape positions, including ridgetops and upper and midslopes, or rarely on the Atlantic Coastal Plain where erosion has exposed Tertiary-aged shell deposits or limesands. Droughts, fires, soil depth, and/or topographic position can determine the relative mixture of deciduous hardwood versus evergreen trees. In the Southern Ridge and Valley region, the Central Basin of Tennessee, the escarpment of the Cumberland Plateau and other related areas, these forests may cover large areas; elsewhere, they occur as relatively small inclusions within a forest matrix of other oak and pine species. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:40266-{6EED075F-B7EC-4FE6-B286-01FD6A3EA46E}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 04-May-2015 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.858459 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: G601
  Scientific: Quercus muehlenbergii - Quercus shumardii - Fraxinus quadrangulata Forest & Woodland Group