Ohio subset of Plant Communities of the Midwest ... - NatureServe
Ohio subset of Plant Communities of the Midwest ... - NatureServe
Ohio subset of Plant Communities of the Midwest ... - NatureServe
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Forests and Woodlands: <strong>Midwest</strong>ern Mesic Oak and Oak-Maple Forests<br />
Quercus rubra - (Acer saccharum, Quercus alba) Forest<br />
Nor<strong>the</strong>rn Red Oak - (Sugar Maple, White Oak) Forest<br />
Red Oak - Sugar Maple - Elm Forest<br />
CEGL005017<br />
DESCRIPTION: The vegetation is comprised <strong>of</strong> a closed-canopy tree layer. The major tree dominant is Quercus<br />
rubra. O<strong>the</strong>r associates may include Acer saccharum, Quercus alba, and Ulmus americana. The subcanopy and<br />
sapling layers <strong>of</strong>ten contain Prunus virginiana or Prunus serotina. Fur<strong>the</strong>r characterization <strong>of</strong> this type is needed.<br />
The oak stands generally are found on ei<strong>the</strong>r mesic sites protected from fire or on drier slopes, where, historically,<br />
fires could sweep through, but where fire protection is creating more mesic conditions.<br />
This type may occur where, historically, fires were more prevalent; current stands may represent both mesic stands<br />
protected from fire, and somewhat more dry-mesic stands protected from fire that are shifting from oak dominance to<br />
maple, basswood and elm dominance.<br />
COMMENTS: 3, MCS. This type is poorly understood; current stands may represent both mesic stands protected from<br />
fire, and somewhat more dry-mesic stands represent a successional type shifting from oak dominance to maple,<br />
basswood and elm dominance. The type concept should probably be restricted to be south <strong>of</strong> Province 212 (Bailey et<br />
al. 1994), and north <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> limits <strong>of</strong> glaciation. Stands in <strong>Ohio</strong> may differ from those fur<strong>the</strong>r west. See also Kline and<br />
Cottam (1979) where a white oak - maple forest type is described in <strong>the</strong> prairie - forest border. Stands in sou<strong>the</strong>rn<br />
Indiana need to be compared with o<strong>the</strong>r red oak-maple types in <strong>the</strong> alliance as well as Acer saccharum - Carya<br />
cordiformis Temporarily Flooded Forest Alliance (A.302).<br />
CONSERVATION RANK: GQ.<br />
DISTRIBUTION: This community is found in <strong>the</strong> nor<strong>the</strong>rn prairie-forest border and central midwestern region <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
United States, ranging from western <strong>Ohio</strong>, west to sou<strong>the</strong>rn Minnesota, south to Iowa, and east to Indiana.<br />
USFS ECOREGIONS: 221Eg:CCC, 221Fa:CCC, 222Aq:CCC, 222Fd:CCC, 222Ga:CCC, 222Ha:CCC, 222Hb:CCC, 222Hc:CCC,<br />
222Jb:CCC, 222Jc:CCC, 222Jg:CCC, 222Kg:CCC, 222L:CP, 222M:CP, 251Cf:CCC, 251Ci:CCC, 251Cj:CCC, 251Dc:CCC,<br />
251De:CCC, 251Dg:CCC<br />
CONSERVATION REGIONS: 36:C, 44:C, 45:C, 48:C, 49:C<br />
STATES: IA IL IN OH WI PROVINCES: ON<br />
MIDWEST HERITAGE SYNONYMY: IL<br />
mesic upland forest (S); mesic upland forest (N) I<br />
IN dry-mesic upland forest +<br />
OH oak-maple forest <br />
WI sou<strong>the</strong>rn dry-mesic forest (mesic red oak subtype) =<br />
OTHER SYNONYMY:<br />
USNVC HIERARCHY: QUERCUS RUBRA - (ACER SACCHARUM) FOREST ALLIANCE (I.B.2.N.a)<br />
PLANT COMMUNITIES OF THE MIDWEST – 2001. APPENDIX: ASSOCIATION DESCRIPTIONS<br />
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