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CEGL002164 Quercus macrocarpa / Mixedgrass Shale Wooded Grassland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Bur Oak / Mixedgrass Shale Wooded Grassland
Colloquial Name: Great Plains Bur Oak / Mixedgrass Shale Wooded Grassland
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This bur oak shale savanna community is found in restricted areas of the northern Great Plains. Currently it is only reported from central South Dakota. Very little is known about this community. The tree canopy contains Quercus macrocarpa and Andropogon gerardii is present in the herbaceous layer.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: Type will probably be lumped into ~Quercus macrocarpa / Carex inops ssp. heliophila Woodland (CEGL000554)$$.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: The tree canopy of this community is made up of Quercus macrocarpa, and Andropogon gerardii is present in the herbaceous layer.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: Information not available.
Geographic Range: This bur oak shale savanna community is found in restricted areas of the northern Great Plains. Currently it is only reported from central South Dakota.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: SD
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685298
Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G1Q
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.Ne North American Great Plains Forest & Woodland Division | D326 | 1.B.2.Ne |
| Macrogroup | 1.B.2.Ne.1 Bur Oak - Quaking Aspen / Western Wheatgrass Forest Woodland Macrogroup | M151 | 1.B.2.Ne.1 |
| Group | 1.B.2.Ne.1.a Bur Oak - Hazelnut species / Sedge species Forest & Woodland Group | G329 | 1.B.2.Ne.1.a |
| Alliance | A1505 Bur Oak / Mixedgrass Woodland Alliance | A1505 | 1.B.2.Ne.1.a |
| Association | CEGL002164 Bur Oak / Mixedgrass Shale Wooded Grassland | CEGL002164 | 1.B.2.Ne.1.a |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Quercus macrocarpa / Mixedgrass Shale Wooded Herbaceous Vegetation (Faber-Langendoen 2001)
- 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.).
- Midwestern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Minneapolis, MN.
- Pearson, J. A., D. J. Ode, G. M. Vandel, and K. W. C. Houtcooper. 1985. Classification, distribution, and literature sources for terrestrial and palustrine communities in South Dakota. Unpublished manuscript. South Dakota Department of Game, Fish, & Parks, Pierre, SD.
- SDNHP [South Dakota Natural Heritage Program]. 2018. Unpublished data. South Dakota Natural Heritage Program, Pierre, SD.