An oak savanna is a type of savanna (or lightly forested grassland), where oaks (Quercus spp.) are the dominant trees. It is also generally characterized...

Oak savannas occur where the oaks are more widely spaced due a combination of lack of available moisture, and low-intensity frequent fires. The oak woodlands...

currently has more improved pasture and less post oak woods and forest than the Southern Post Oak Savanna. Some coniferous trees occur, especially on the...

types of savanna. Oak savanna constitutes about 3% of the area, coniferous savanna about 0,196, and mixed deciduous savanna about 1.0%. Oak savannas are grassy...

oak forests contain the most closed canopy, compared to oak savannas and oak woodlands. Oak forests are categorized as deciduous forests which commonly...

adjacent multi-use bicycle path, taking hikers past sandy beaches, an oak savanna restoration project, and the floodplain forest. The trail has multiple...

wetlands and floodplains, winding rivers, peaceful lakes, open prairies, oak savannas, old-growth forests, and undulating ravines. The name of the Hobart Nature...

various taxa. Environment portal Ecology portal Earth sciences portal Oak savanna Tussock grass Great Plains  This article incorporates text available...

miles (3,400 km2) of Michigan and Ohio. The land consists largely of oak savanna and grassland prairie. It is considered by The Nature Conservancy as...

The Upper Midwest forest–savanna transition is a terrestrial ecoregion that is defined by the World Wildlife Fund. An oak savanna plant community located...

their thick bark. One of the bur oak's most common habitats, especially in Midwestern United States, is the oak savanna, where fires often occurred in early...

of North America, the word "savanna" has been used interchangeably with "barrens", "prairie", "glade", "grassland" and "oak opening". Different authors...

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of plant communities, including northern and southern oak, pine forests, as well as oak savanna, moist cliffs, and dry cliffs. The cliffs provide unique...

Quercus suber, commonly called the cork oak, is a medium-sized, evergreen oak tree in the section Quercus sect. Cerris. It is the primary source of cork...

Klamath Mountains. It rarely snows in the winter. Oak savanna is a type of grassland with scattered oak trees, found on the lowest slopes of the Table Rocks...

far southwest was California oak woodland and Ponderosa Pine savanna, while further north was the Oregon White Oak savanna. The Central Hardwood Region...

intermediate between oak savanna, which is more open, and oak forest, which is more closed. Although the community is named for the dominance of oak trees, the...

suppresses the understory. Prairie and widely spaced oak trees evolved to coexist in the oak savanna ecosystem. Prairie ecosystems in the United States...

enclaves include a section of Garry oak savanna preserved at Mount Pisgah Arboretum in Eugene. North Pacific Oak Woodland is a major forest alliance,...

woodlands sub-ecoregion, with native grasslands, California oak woodlands and oak savanna the predominant habitats. The higher montane elevations include...

communities, including temperate rain forests, moist inland forests, oak forests and savannas, high elevation forests, and alpine grasslands. Thirty conifer...

plant community at Whiterock is oak-dominated forest, covering about 1,200 acres of the total landscape. Oak savanna, an ecosystem that was once widely...

generally dry. Historically, the region was covered by rolling prairies, oak savanna, coniferous forests, extensive wetlands, and deciduous riparian forests...

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feature mainly oak, walnut and pine. The cork oak savanna in Portugal, known as montado, is a good example of a mediterranean savanna. Shrubland: Shrublands...

Remote areas of uplands, bogs, wetlands, muskegs, rivers, streams, pine savannas, meadows and many glacial lakes are found throughout these forests. Native...

Ohio, owned and operated by Metroparks Toledo. Most of the park is an oak savanna ecosystem, characterized by alternating wetland and vegetated dunes.[citation...

Indian grass. Southwest Grady Oak Savanna – southern Wisconsin fire-adapted communities. Wingra Oak Savanna – open-grown bur oaks, being restored by the replacement...

United States Department of Agriculture shows the historic extent of oak savannas in the Big Woods region (See accompanying pie chart, below). The soil...