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

This type is mapped at the highest elevations of the Ouachita Mountains in Latimer and
Ozark-Ouachita: LeFlore counties. Gnarled white oaks often dominate the sites, with post oak, blackjack
Montane Stunted 426.2 1,053.2 0.002% 0 0
Oak Woodland oak, black hickory, and mockernut hickory also present. Other woody components
include white fringetree, hophornbeam, common serviceberry, and Blue Ridge blueberry.

This type circumscribes broad variation, but in the modern landscape most
representatives are grazed pastures. Common species are non-native and grazing
tolerant grasses and forbs such as Bermudagrass, tall fescue, annual ragweed, field
Ozark-Ouachita: brome, purple top tridents, sericea lespedeza, prairie broomweed, and sneezeweed. 388,110.5 959,040.4 2.144% 129 10
Pasture/Prairie Less heavily grazed areas may support grasslands with species such as little bluestem,
big bluestem, and yellow Indiangrass. Woody species such as post oak, black walnut,
common persimmon, winged elm, sumac species, and eastern redcedar may be
components.

These areas were essentially unvegetated during all seasons at the time of data
Ozark-Ouachita:
Riparian Barrens acquisition (circa 2012), and may represent river-scoured islands, riverbeds, and stream 58.6 144.9 0.000% 0 0
edges.
This type is mapped along first and second order streams within narrow buffers, and is
Ozark-Ouachita: represented by vegetation influenced by a variety of water regimes and human impacts.
Riparian Deciduous Stream gradient tends to be relatively high, and species such as hazel alder, river birch, 2,242.3 5,540.9 0.012% 0 0
Shrubland and willow species, sycamore, and oaks may grow near steep banks or adjacent to stream
Young Woodland
bed cobble.

This type is mapped along first and second order streams within narrow buffers, and
Ozark-Ouachita: shortleaf or loblolly pine (mainly Ouachitas), or eastern redcedar (mainly Ozarks), may
Riparian Evergreen be the prevailing dominant. Other species such as sycamore, river birch, sweetgum, 16,113.1 39,816.3 0.089% 5 0
Woodland and maples, oaks, and hazel alder may grow near steep banks or adjacent to stream bed
Shrubland
cobble.

This type is mapped along first and second order streams within narrow buffers, and is
Ozark-Ouachita: represented by vegetation influenced by a variety of water regimes and human impacts.
Riparian Hardwood Stream gradient tends to be relatively high, and species such as sycamore, river birch, 79,975.7 197,624.0 0.442% 25 2
Woodland sweetgum, maples, oaks, and hazel alder may grow near steep banks or adjacent to
stream bed cobble.

This type is mapped along first and second order streams within narrow buffers, and
Ozark-Ouachita: may circumscribe a variety of herbaceous wetlands. Common components include
Riparian Herbaceous sedge and rush species, spikerush species, cattails, smartweeds, and moist-soil 424.1 1,047.9 0.002% 0 0
Wetland
grasses.

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