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CEGL002324 Quercus stellata - Quercus marilandica - Carya texana - (Quercus shumardii, Quercus velutina) Forest

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available


Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Post Oak - Blackjack Oak - Black Hickory - (Shumard Oak, Black Oak) Forest

Colloquial Name: Eastern Crosstimbers Post Oak - Blackjack Oak Forest

Hierarchy Level:  Association

Type Concept: This association occurs in the eastern Crosstimbers of central and eastern Oklahoma and possibly ranging into Texas. Stands should contain Quercus stellata, Quercus marilandica, and Carya texana. In addition Quercus shumardii and Quercus velutina may be present.

Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available

Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available

Classification Comments: Compare to ~Quercus stellata - Quercus marilandica - (Carya texana) Forest (CEGL002074)$$. "Variants of this association are the product of topographic position. Quercus shumardii variant occupies mesic slopes and lowlands" (Hoagland 1997).

Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available

Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available

Floristics: Stands should contain Quercus stellata, Quercus marilandica, and Carya texana. In addition Quercus shumardii and Quercus velutina may be present. More information is needed.

Dynamics:  No Data Available

Environmental Description:  No Data Available

Geographic Range: This association occurs in the eastern Crosstimbers of central and eastern Oklahoma and possibly ranging into Texas.

Nations: US

States/Provinces:  OK, TX




Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented

Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available

Grank: G3G5

Greasons: No Data Available


Concept Lineage: No Data Available

Predecessors: No Data Available

Obsolete Names: No Data Available

Obsolete Parents: No Data Available

Synonomy: No Data Available

Concept Author(s): Great Plains Program

Author of Description: Great Plains Program

Acknowledgements: No Data Available

Version Date: 04-01-96

  • Hoagland, B. 2000. The vegetation of Oklahoma: A classification for landscape mapping and conservation planning. The Southwestern Naturalist 45(4):385-420.
  • Hoagland, B. W. 1997. Preliminary plant community classification for Oklahoma. Unpublished draft document, version 35629. University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma Natural Heritage Inventory, Norman. 47 pp.
  • Salas, D. E., T. Folts-Zettner, R. W. Sanders, and J. Drake. 2010c. Vegetation classification and mapping at Chickasaw National Recreation Area. Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/SOPN/NRTR--2010/286. National Park Service, Fort Collins, CO. 176 pp.
  • Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.