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CEGL002399 Quercus velutina - Quercus coccinea - Carya texana Ruderal Ozark Forest
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Black Oak - Scarlet Oak - Black Hickory Ruderal Ozark Forest
Colloquial Name: Ozark Ruderal Black Oak - Scarlet Oak Forest
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This oak - hickory forest community is found in the United States in the Ozarks of southeastern Missouri and possibly northeastern Arkansas. Stands occur on dry slopes, with thin soils and primarily a cherty bedrock near the surface. The canopy is dominated by Quercus velutina, Quercus coccinea, and Carya texana. Other associates and understory characteristics have yet to be described, but Quercus alba may also be present, along with minor amounts of Pinus echinata and shrubs such as Vaccinium arboreum. Sources indicate that this type primarily occurs on former Pinus echinata woodland sites that were completely logged, then grazed and burned, leading to a degraded oak forest.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: Little is known about this type and further work is needed to characterize its composition. The type is narrowly circumscribed by the western limits of Quercus coccinea and the eastern limits of Carya texana. It is possible that this type, along with the unglaciated portions of ~Quercus velutina - Quercus alba - Carya (glabra, ovata) Forest (CEGL002076)$$, could be combined into one type. Quercus coccinea could have served as a differential in this regard, but it is taxonomically problematic, and its distribution, once restricted more-or-less south of glaciation, has recently been broadened northward by the Flora of North American treatment. Vaccinium arboreum is another potential differential species for the possible unglaciated type, but its presence in black oak - white oak stands in Illinois and Indiana needs to be checked. This type may historically have been a ~Pinus echinata - Quercus alba / Schizachyrium scoparium Woodland (CEGL002394)$$ prior to human impacts.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: The canopy is dominated by Quercus velutina, Quercus coccinea, and Carya texana. Other associates and understory characteristics have yet to be described, but Quercus alba may also be present, along with minor amounts of Pinus echinata and shrubs such as Vaccinium arboreum (Nelson 1985).
Dynamics: According to M. Leahy (pers. comm. 1999), this type primarily occurs on former Pinus echinata woodland sites that were completely logged, then grazed and burned, then abandoned, leading to a degraded oak forest. There are no known examples of a natural disturbance pattern that would have produced a similar community to this type.
Environmental Description: Stands occur on dry slopes, with thin soils (15-40 cm deep), with primarily a cherty bedrock near the surface (Nelson 1985).
Geographic Range: This oak-hickory forest community is found in the Ozarks of southeastern Missouri and possibly northeastern Arkansas.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: AR?, MO
Plot Analysis Summary:
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Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: GNA
Greasons: No Data Available
| Type | Name | Database Code | Classification Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class | 1 Forest & Woodland Class | C01 | 1 |
| Subclass | 1.B Temperate & Boreal Forest & Woodland Subclass | S15 | 1.B |
| Formation | 1.B.2 Cool Temperate Forest & Woodland Formation | F008 | 1.B.2 |
| Division | 1.B.2.Na Eastern North American Forest & Woodland Division | D008 | 1.B.2.Na |
| Macrogroup | 1.B.2.Na.1 White Oak - Southern Red Oak - Shortleaf Pine Forest & Woodland Macrogroup | M016 | 1.B.2.Na.1 |
| Group | 1.B.2.Na.1.c White Oak - Southern Red Oak - Northern Red Oak Forest & Woodland Group | G159 | 1.B.2.Na.1.c |
| Alliance | A3288 White Oak - Southern Red Oak - Post Oak Ozark-Ouachita Forest Alliance | A3288 | 1.B.2.Na.1.c |
| Association | CEGL002399 Black Oak - Scarlet Oak - Black Hickory Ruderal Ozark Forest | CEGL002399 | 1.B.2.Na.1.c |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Quercus velutina - Quercus coccinea - Carya texana Ozark Forest (Faber-Langendoen 2001)
- Chastain, R. A., M.A. Struckhoff, K. W. Grabner, E. D. Stroh, H. He, D. R. Larsen, T. A. Nigh, and J. Drake. 2006. Mapping vegetation communities in Ozark National Scenic Riverways: Final technical report to the National Park Service. Open-File Report 2006-1354. U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA. 90 pp. plus appendices.
- Faber-Langendoen, D., editor. 2001. Plant communities of the Midwest: Classification in an ecological context. Association for Biodiversity Information, Arlington, VA. 61 pp. plus appendix (705 pp.).
- Leahy, Mike. Personal communication. Missouri Natural Heritage Database, Missouri Department of Conservation, Jefferson City.
- Midwestern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Minneapolis, MN.
- Nelson, P. 2010. The terrestrial natural communities of Missouri. Revised edition. Missouri Natural Areas Committee, Department of Natural Resources and the Department of Conservation, Jefferson City.
- Nelson, P. W. 1985. The terrestrial natural communities of Missouri. Missouri Natural Areas Committee, Jefferson City. 197 pp. Revised edition, 1987.
- Nigh, T., C. Buck, J. Grabner, J. Kabrick, and D Meinert. 2000. An ecological classification system for the Current River Hills subsection. Missouri Ecological Classification System and Missouri Resource Assessment Partnership. 44 pp.