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Appendix 2: Mapped Types with Short Descriptions, Area, and Number of Ground Data Points.

No.
No. Ground
Original truth
Mapped Type Name Brief Description Area (HA) Area (AC) Percent Samples Samples

This type contains Ashe juniper among the dominants together with deciduous shrubs
Arbuckle: Ashe and trees. Important components may include stretchberry (elbow-bush), eastern
Juniper Shrubland redbud, gum bumelia, scaleybark (bastard) oak, chinkapin oak, post oak, blackjack oak, 4,831.3 11,938.4 0.03% 5 0
and winged elm. Eastern redcedar may replace Ashe juniper in some stands.

This type is characterized by Ashe juniper among the dominant species in the tree or
shrub layer, or both. Other common deciduous trees and shrubs may include Buckley
Arbuckle: Ashe oak, Texas ash, scaleybark (bastard) oak, stretchberry (elbow-bush), sugar hackberry, 3,269.3 8,078.7 0.018% 5 0
Juniper Woodland
gum bumelia, slippery elm, and chinkapin oak. Eastern redcedar may be a component,
replacing Ashe juniper, in some stands.

This type is dominated by deciduous shrubs and small or sparse trees but may contain
Arbuckle: Deciduous Ashe juniper or eastern redcedar as a component. Common woody components may 2,599.5 6,423.4 0.014% 4 0
Shrubland include stretchberry (elbow-bush), eastern redbud, gum bumelia, scaleybark (bastard)
oak, post oak, blackjack oak, chinkapin oak, and winged elm.

This type is mapped on slopes >20%, and includes sites over more or less calcareous
soils. Composition is similar to the Arbuckle: Ashe Juniper Woodland, but stands tend
Arbuckle: Juniper to be more dense and more diverse. Ashe juniper, eastern redcedar, post oak, 1,196.0 2,955.3 0.007% 1 0
Slope Forest
blackjack oak, Buckley oak, scaleybark (bastard) oak, Texas ash, stretchberry (elbow-
bush), and chinkapin oak are common components.

This type is mapped on slopes >20%, and includes sites over more or less calcareous
soils. Composition depends mainly on substrate, with species such as Buckley oak,
Arbuckle: Oak - chinkapin oak, Shumard oak, and Texas ash occurring over limestones and species 272.8 674.2 0.002% 0 0
Juniper Slope Forest such as post oak, bitternut hickory, black oak, and blackjack oak more important over
acidic substrates. Sugar hackberry, winged elm, Ashe juniper, eastern redcedar, and
slippery elm are other common woody components.

This type is mapped over limestone (more calcareous) and dolomite (less calcareous)
Arbuckle: Oak - soils. Ashe juniper is more important over limestone, whereas eastern redcedar is more
Juniper Woodland important over less calcareous soils. Important deciduous species include post oak, 514.7 1,271.8 0.003% 0 0
sugar hackberry, blackjack oak, chinkapin oak, Buckley oak, black oak, and winged elm.

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