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A3298 Quercus muehlenbergii - Juniperus virginiana Alvar Woodland Alliance
Type Concept Sentence: This alliance comprises forests and woodland on limestone in southern Ontario, and possibly New York, dominated by Juniperus virginiana and Quercus muehlenbergii. Substrate includes limestone pavement in association with alvars.
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Chinquapin Oak - Eastern Red-cedar Alvar Woodland Alliance
Colloquial Name: Chinquapin Oak - Red-cedar Alvar Woodland
Hierarchy Level: Alliance
Type Concept: This alliance comprises forests and woodlands on limestone in southern Ontario, and possibly New York, dominated by Juniperus virginiana and Quercus muehlenbergii. Substrate includes limestone pavement in association with alvars.
Diagnostic Characteristics: Importance of Quercus muehlenbergii and Juniperus virginiana with a partly open canopy (10-60% cover).
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: Detailed information is lacking for one of the associations in this alliance; only Juniperus virginiana is common to two of the associations in this alliance, based on existing information. Additional data are needed. In addition, this alliance may actually represent the northern extension of ~Northeastern Chinquapin Oak - Red-cedar Alkaline Forest & Woodland Group (G016)$$, if the component associations are restricted to southern Ontario (site region 7E), and if Quercus muehlenbergii is considered a diagnostic species of that region, and not permissible in the Laurentian-Acadian vegetation. See, e.g., ~Acer saccharum - Quercus muehlenbergii Forest (CEGL005010)$$ in ~Quercus muehlenbergii - Acer saccharum - Tilia americana Forest Alliance (A2047)$$, and ~Quercus muehlenbergii Appalachian Limestone Woodland Alliance (A3106)$$ (which is in southeastern Ohio and central Pennsylvania), both in ~Northeastern Chinquapin Oak - Red-cedar Alkaline Forest & Woodland Group (G016)$$.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: This alliance comprises forests and woodlands on limestone dominated by Juniperus virginiana and Quercus muehlenbergii. Substrate includes limestone pavement in association with alvars.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: The substrate includes limestone pavement in association with alvars.
Geographic Range: This alliance occurs in southern Ontario and possibly New York.
Nations: CA,US
States/Provinces: NY?, ON
Plot Analysis Summary:
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Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: GNR
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.6 Eastern White Pine - Jack Pine - Northern Pin Oak Forest & Woodland Macrogroup | M159 | 1.B.2.Na.6 |
| Group | 1.B.2.Na.6.e Laurentian-Acadian Limestone Woodland Group | G655 | 1.B.2.Na.6.e |
| Alliance | A3298 Chinquapin Oak - Eastern Red-cedar Alvar Woodland Alliance | A3298 | 1.B.2.Na.6.e |
| Association | CEGL005122 Eastern Red-cedar / Early Buttercup Woodland | CEGL005122 | 1.B.2.Na.6.e |
Concept Lineage: A.3534 and A.545
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: ? Alvar woodland (Edinger et al. 2002)
- Edinger, G. J., D. J. Evans, S. Gebauer, T. G. Howard, D. M. Hunt, and A. M. Olivero, editors. 2002. Ecological communities of New York state. Second edition. A revised and expanded edition of Carol Reschke''s ecological communities of New York state. (Draft for review). New York Natural Heritage Program, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Albany, NY.
- Faber-Langendoen, D., J. Drake, M. Hall, G. Kittel, S. Menard, C. Nordman, M. Pyne, M. Reid, M. Russo, K. Schulz, L. Sneddon, K. Snow, and J. Teague. 2013-2019b. Screening alliances for induction into the U.S. National Vegetation Classification: Part 1 - Alliance concept review. NatureServe, Arlington, VA.