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CEGL003976 Crataegus (crus-galli, marshallii) Jackson Prairie Shrubland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: (Cockspur Hawthorn, Parsley Hawthorn) Jackson Prairie Shrubland
Colloquial Name: Jackson Prairie Hawthorn Shrubland
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This association includes shrublands dominated by Crataegus spp., including Crataegus crus-galli and Crataegus marshallii, found in the Jackson Prairie region of Mississippi, and possibly related vegetation in Alabama. This alliance is primarily or exclusively on uplands in relatively calcareous soils. This association is assigned to Alabama (?) and Mississippi. It is not known if there are occurrences of Crataegus-dominated shrublands in the Black Belt of Alabama which should be assigned here or not. Occurrences in Alabama and Mississippi reported by Mohr (1901) for the Black Belt may be historical only.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: No Data Available
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
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Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: This association consists of upland shrublands dominated by Crataegus spp., including Crataegus crus-galli and Crataegus marshallii. More information is needed.
Dynamics: The component species typically have bird-dispersed seeds; stands originate where a fire-sheltered microhabitat has allowed woody vegetation to persist.
Environmental Description: Stands of this vegetation are primarily found on relatively calcareous soils, which stand out in a matrix of more acidic ones. The soils of the Jackson Prairie openings are presently mapped as the Maytag Series, a fine montmorillonitic, thermic Entic Chromudert; this deep, slowly permeable soil has formed in residuum weathered from marl of chalk of the Blackland Prairies (Wieland 1995).
Geographic Range: The distribution of this association is primarily localized in limited parts of Mississippi and possibly Alabama.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: AL?, MS
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688763
Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G3?
Greasons: No Data Available
| Type | Name | Database Code | Classification Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class | 2 Shrub & Herb Vegetation Class | C02 | 2 |
| Subclass | 2.B Temperate & Boreal Grassland & Shrubland Subclass | S18 | 2.B |
| Formation | 2.B.2 Temperate Grassland & Shrubland Formation | F012 | 2.B.2 |
| Division | 2.B.2.Nh Southeastern North American Grassland & Shrubland Division | D102 | 2.B.2.Nh |
| Macrogroup | 2.B.2.Nh.2 Southeastern Coastal Plain Patch Prairie Macrogroup | M309 | 2.B.2.Nh.2 |
| Group | 2.B.2.Nh.2.a Little Bluestem - Switchgrass - Bushy Bluestem Patch Prairie Group | G175 | 2.B.2.Nh.2.a |
| Alliance | A3316 Cockspur Hawthorn - Parsley Hawthorn - Littlehip Hawthorn Coastal Plain Prairie Shrubland Alliance | A3316 | 2.B.2.Nh.2.a |
| Association | CEGL003976 (Cockspur Hawthorn, Parsley Hawthorn) Jackson Prairie Shrubland | CEGL003976 | 2.B.2.Nh.2.a |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: No Data Available
- Mohr, C. T. 1901. Plant life of Alabama. Contributions to the U.S. National Herbarium No. 6. Washington, DC. 921 pp.
- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.
- Wieland, R. G. 1995. Jackson Prairie openings, clay barrens of the Gulf Coastal Plain. Unpublished document. Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Museum of Natural Science, Natural Heritage Program, Jackson. 49 pp.