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Arbuckle: Oak-Juniper Slope Forest
Area: 674 acres (272 ha)
Description of Mapped Type: 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, chinkapin oak, Shumard oak, and Texas ash occurring over limestones and
species 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.
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