A Description of the Woody Vegetation of Oak-Hickory Forest in the Northern Ozark Highlands

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Abstract
A description of oak-hickory vegetation of a preserved tract in east-central Missouri [USA] is presented. Twenty-five 100 m2 plots were sampled and ordination techniques revealed 3 distinct habitat types: bottomlands, protected slopes and exposed south-facing slopes. A moisture gradient explains the variation in species composition and diversity associated with each habitat type. Evidence is presented which indicates that this previously disturbed forest has reached a mature state.