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CEGL003835 Fraxinus quadrangulata - Quercus macrocarpa / Arundinaria gigantea Wooded Shrubland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Blue Ash - Bur Oak / Giant Cane Wooded Shrubland
Colloquial Name: Kentucky Canebrake
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This association occurred historically in Kentucky''s Bluegrass Region. Quercus muehlenbergii codominates with Quercus macrocarpa, and the combined cover of these two species is greater than 67% of total canopy cover. This open vegetation is related in composition, local landscape context, and distribution to a similar association in ~Quercus muehlenbergii - Fraxinus quadrangulata - Juniperus virginiana Woodland Alliance (A3273)$$.
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
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: Quercus muehlenbergii historically codominated examples of this association with Quercus macrocarpa, and the combined cover of these two species would be greater than 67% of total canopy cover.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: No Data Available
Geographic Range: This historic vegetation type was restricted to Kentucky''s Bluegrass Region. No examples are known to presently exist.
Nations: US?
States/Provinces: KY?
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689454
Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: GH
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.e Chinquapin Oak - Shumard Oak - Blue Ash Forest & Woodland Group | G601 | 1.B.2.Na.1.e |
| Alliance | A0794 Blue Ash - Bur Oak / Giant Cane Open Woodland Alliance | A0794 | 1.B.2.Na.1.e |
| Association | CEGL003835 Blue Ash - Bur Oak / Giant Cane Wooded Shrubland | CEGL003835 | 1.B.2.Na.1.e |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: No Data Available
- Evans, M., B. Yahn, and M. Hines. 2009. Natural communities of Kentucky 2009. Kentucky Nature Preserves Commission, Frankfort, KY. 22 pp.
- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.