Buffalo Beats, a Relict Prairie within a Southeastern Ohio Forest

Wistendahl, Warren A.

doi:10.2307/2484939

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“…Torr. (side oats grama) dominated limestone bedrock communities and are among the most common and widespread of these grasslands, known from Alabama (Baskin et al 1995), Arkansas (Babcock 1978), Illinois (McClain andEbinger 2002), Indiana (Aldrich et al 1982), Kentucky Baskin 1975, 1978), Missouri (Kucera andMartin 1957, Nelson andLadd 1980), Ohio (Westendahl 1975), Pennsylvania (Laughlin and Uhl 2003), Tennessee Baskin 1977, Baskin et al 1994), Virginia (Ludwig 1999), andWest Virginia (Bartgis 1993). These communities are especially common in the Interior Low Plateaus of Kentucky and Tennessee, where they are known as cedar glades due to the abundance of Juniperus virginiana L. (eastern red cedar) Baskin 1978, Baskin et al 1994).…”

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Vascular Flora of Buettner Xeric Limestone Prairies, Monroe County, Illinois

McClain

Ebinger

2014

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Xeric limestone prairies occur in southwestern and southern Illinois. These small grassland communities are present on thin soil and commonly have relatively extensive areas of exposed rock. Warm-season clump grasses, primarily Schizachyrium scoparium and Bouteloua curtipendula, are dominant along with a mixture of prairie and open-forest species. The vascular flora of two xeric limestone prairies, located near the bluff line of the Mississippi River on the property of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Buettner in Monroe County, Illinois, were surveyed in 2011. A total of 174 vascular plant species were recorded from the two prairies, with 60 species present in survey plots. Bouteloua curtipendula dominated the East prairie followed by Schizachyrium scoparium, Andropogon gerardii, and Ruellia humilis. Andropogon gerardii dominated the West prairie followed by Bouteloua curtipendula, Solidago ulmifolia, Aster oblongifolius, Tridens flavus, and Schizachyrium scoparium. Vegetation covers 38.0% and 33.5% of the surface in these two prairies, while exposed rock was between 17% and 19%, and bare ground and litter was from 40% to 44%.

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