Ohio subset of Plant Communities of the Midwest ... - NatureServe
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2.3.4.4. Interior Highlands Shale Glades and Barrens<br />
Quercus marilandica - (Juniperus virginiana) / Schizachyrium scoparium - Danthonia spicata Wooded Herbaceous Vegetation ................... 310<br />
2.4. CLIFFS, TALUS, BUTTES AND BADLANDS<br />
2.4.3. Eastern Cliffs and Talus<br />
2.4.3.1. Eastern Dry Alkaline Cliffs<br />
Limestone - Dolostone <strong>Midwest</strong> Dry Cliff Sparse Vegetation ......................................................................................................................... 335<br />
Thuja occidentalis / Carex eburnea - Pellaea atropurpurea Woodland ............................................................................................................. 336<br />
2.4.3.2. Eastern Moist Alkaline Cliffs<br />
Limestone - Dolostone <strong>Midwest</strong> Moist Cliff Sparse Vegetation ...................................................................................................................... 337<br />
2.4.3.3. Eastern Dry Acid Cliffs<br />
Sandstone Dry Cliff Sparse Vegetation............................................................................................................................................................ 340<br />
2.4.3.4. Eastern Moist Acid Cliffs<br />
Sandstone <strong>Midwest</strong> Moist Cliff Sparse Vegetation.......................................................................................................................................... 343<br />
2.4.3.7. Eastern Eroding Bluffs<br />
Small Eroding Bluffs <strong>Midwest</strong>ern Sparse Vegetation...................................................................................................................................... 348<br />
2.5. FORESTS AND WOODLANDS<br />
2.5.2. <strong>Midwest</strong>ern Forests and Woodlands<br />
2.5.2.1. <strong>Midwest</strong>ern Dry and Dry-mesic Oak Forests<br />
Quercus alba - Quercus rubra - Carya ovata Glaciated Forest.......................................................................................................................... 410<br />
Quercus velutina - Quercus alba - Carya (glabra, ovata) Forest ....................................................................................................................... 412<br />
Quercus velutina - Quercus alba / Vaccinium (angustifolium, pallidum) / Carex pensylvanica Forest ............................................................ 414<br />
2.5.2.2. <strong>Midwest</strong>ern Mesic Oak and Oak-Maple Forests<br />
Acer saccharum - Quercus muehlenbergii Forest............................................................................................................................................. 416<br />
Quercus rubra - (Acer saccharum, Quercus alba) Forest .................................................................................................................................. 417<br />
2.5.2.3. <strong>Midwest</strong>ern Mesic Hardwood Forests<br />
Fagus grandifolia - Acer saccharum Glaciated <strong>Midwest</strong> Forest ....................................................................................................................... 421<br />
2.5.3. Appalachian and Interior Highlands Forests and Woodlands<br />
2.5.3.1. Appalachian Highlands Xeric Virginia / Shortleaf Pine Woodlands<br />
Pinus virginiana - Pinus (rigida, echinata) - (Quercus prinus) / Vaccinium pallidum Forest............................................................................ 436<br />
2.5.3.2. Appalachian Highlands Dry-mesic Oak Forests and Woodlands<br />
Quercus alba - Quercus rubra - Quercus prinus - Acer saccharum / Lindera benzoin Forest............................................................................ 438<br />
Quercus prinus - Quercus (alba, coccinea, velutina) / Viburnum acerifolium - (Kalmia latifolia) Forest......................................................... 439<br />
Quercus rubra - Acer saccharum - Liriodendron tulipifera Forest.................................................................................................................... 440<br />
2.5.3.3. Appalachian Highlands Mixed Mesophytic/Cove Forests<br />
Fagus grandifolia - Acer saccharum - Liriodendron tulipifera Unglaciated Forest........................................................................................... 467<br />
Liriodendron tulipifera - Tilia americana var. heterophylla - Aesculus flava - Acer saccharum / Magnolia tripetala Forest............................ 441<br />
2.5.3.4. Appalachian Highlands Hemlock-Hardwood Forests<br />
Tsuga canadensis - Fagus grandifolia - Acer saccharum / (Hamamelis virginiana, Kalmia latifolia) Forest .................................................... 442<br />
2.5.3.7. Interior Highlands Dry-mesic Oak Forests and Woodlands<br />
Quercus alba - Quercus rubra - Carya (alba, ovata) / Cornus florida Acid Forest ............................................................................................ 457<br />
Quercus prinus / Smilax spp. Forest................................................................................................................................................................. 462<br />
2.5.3.9. Interior Highlands Mesic Hardwood Forests<br />
Fagus grandifolia - Acer saccharum - Liriodendron tulipifera Unglaciated Forest........................................................................................... 467<br />
2.8. SAVANNAS AND NON-ROCK BARRENS<br />
2.8.2. <strong>Midwest</strong>ern Oak Savannas and Non-Rock Barrens<br />
2.8.2.1. <strong>Midwest</strong>ern Deep Soil Oak Savannas<br />
Quercus macrocarpa - (Quercus alba, Quercus stellata) / Andropogon gerardii Wooded Herbaceous Vegetation........................................... 559<br />
2.8.2.2. <strong>Midwest</strong>ern Sand Oak Savannas/Barrens<br />
Quercus velutina - (Quercus alba) - Quercus ellipsoidalis / Schizachyrium scoparium - Lupinus perennis Wooded Herbaceous<br />
Vegetation................................................................................................................................................................................................. 566<br />
2.8.3. Interior Highlands Oak Savannas and Non-Rock Barrens<br />
2.8.3.1. Interior Highlands Thin Soil Oak Savannas/Barrens<br />
Quercus stellata - Quercus marilandica / Schizachyrium scoparium - Silphium terebinthinaceum Wooded Herbaceous Vegetation .............. 568<br />
2.9. PRAIRIES/GRASSLANDS<br />
2.9.1. <strong>Midwest</strong>ern Tallgrass Prairies<br />
2.9.1.1. <strong>Midwest</strong>ern Sand and Gravel Tallgrass Prairies<br />
Andropogon gerardii - Sorghastrum nutans - Schizachyrium scoparium - Aletris farinosa Herbaceous Vegetation........................................ 576<br />
Schizachyrium scoparium - Carex tonsa var. rugosperma - Carex muehlenbergii - Lithospermum caroliniense - Opuntia humifusa<br />
Herbaceous Vegetation ............................................................................................................................................................................. 579<br />
2.9.1.2. <strong>Midwest</strong>ern Thin-soil Tallgrass Prairies<br />
Schizachyrium scoparium - Sorghastrum nutans - Clinopodium arkansanum Alkaline Herbaceous Vegetation ............................................. 591<br />
2.9.1.3. <strong>Midwest</strong>ern Deep Soil Tallgrass Prairies<br />
Andropogon gerardii - Calamagrostis canadensis - Pycnan<strong>the</strong>mum virginianum - Oligoneuron ohioense Herbaceous Vegetation................. 595<br />
Andropogon gerardii - Sorghastrum nutans - (Sporobolus heterolepis) - Liatris spp. - Ratibida pinnata Herbaceous Vegetation.................... 599<br />
Schizachyrium scoparium - Sorghastrum nutans - Bouteloua curtipendula Herbaceous Vegetation................................................................ 605