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CEGL003577 Pinus palustris / Quercus geminata - Quercus hemisphaerica / Osmanthus americanus Woodland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Longleaf Pine / Sand Live Oak - Darlington Oak / Devilwood Woodland
Colloquial Name: Carolina Coastal Longleaf Pine Sandhill
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This community occurs on xeric sands within several miles of the coast in southeastern North Carolina and northeastern South Carolina. The canopy is sparse and consists of Pinus palustris and Pinus taeda with a subcanopy/shrub layer of broad-leaved evergreen and semi-evergreen coastal fringe species. Aristida stricta sometimes dominates the herbaceous layer.
Diagnostic Characteristics: This type is distinguished from other xeric types in North Carolina-South Carolina by its location along the coastal fringe and its strong signature of broad-leaved evergreen and semi-evergreen coastal fringe shrub and small tree species.
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: Description has been changed based on 5 plots from the Carolina Vegetation Survey (http://vegbank.org/cite/VB.ds.199634.CEGL003577). This treatment provides a quantitative basis for the description. The name has been changed to be more reflective of the typical composition. Specifically, Aristida stricta is removed as the South Carolina occurrences are south of the range of this species. Two additional plots have affinities to this association, as well as to ~Pinus palustris / Quercus laevis - Quercus geminata / Rhynchospora megalocarpa Woodland (CEGL003590)$$. It is believed that these plots represent an intermediate association, but there are not enough plot data to circumscribe it. When more data become available, this type can be flushed out more fully.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: This community has a sparse canopy of Pinus palustris and Pinus taeda and a sparse to dense scrub oak subcanopy/shrub layer dominated by Quercus geminata, Quercus hemisphaerica, Osmanthus americanus var. americanus, Ilex vomitoria, Quercus laevis (but of less importance than Quercus hemisphaerica or Quercus geminata), and Vaccinium arboreum. Aristida stricta dominates the herbaceous layer. Other characteristic species include Vitis rotundifolia var. rotundifolia, Smilax auriculata, Morella cerifera (= Myrica cerifera var. pumila), Persea borbonia/palustris, Quercus incana, and Ilex opaca var. opaca.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This community occurs on xeric sands within several miles of the coast in southeastern North Carolina and northeastern South Carolina. Soils are usually Typic Quartzipsamments or Typic Haplohumods.
Geographic Range: This community is known to occur on xeric sands within several miles of the coast in southeastern North Carolina in Brunswick and New Hanover counties and Georgetown County, South Carolina. It might be expected to occur from Morehead City, North Carolina, south to Georgetown, South Carolina.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: NC, SC
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683143
Confidence Level: High
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G2
Greasons: No Data Available
| Type | Name | Database Code | Classification Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class | 1 Forest & Woodland Class | C01 | 1 |
| Subclass | 1.B Temperate & Boreal Forest & Woodland Subclass | S15 | 1.B |
| Formation | 1.B.1 Warm Temperate Forest & Woodland Formation | F018 | 1.B.1 |
| Division | 1.B.1.Na Southeastern North American Forest & Woodland Division | D006 | 1.B.1.Na |
| Macrogroup | 1.B.1.Na.1 Longleaf Pine / Pineland Three-awn Woodland Macrogroup | M007 | 1.B.1.Na.1 |
| Group | 1.B.1.Na.1.c Longleaf Pine / Turkey Oak Xeric Woodland Group | G154 | 1.B.1.Na.1.c |
| Alliance | A4074 Longleaf Pine / Turkey Oak / Pineland Three-awn Woodland Alliance | A4074 | 1.B.1.Na.1.c |
| Association | CEGL003577 Longleaf Pine / Sand Live Oak - Darlington Oak / Devilwood Woodland | CEGL003577 | 1.B.1.Na.1.c |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Pinus palustris - Pinus taeda / Quercus geminata - Quercus hemisphaerica / Osmanthus americanus / Aristida stricta Woodland (Peet 1996) [1.1.4]
= Pinus palustris / Quercus geminata - Q. hemisphaerica / Osmanthus americanus Woodland (Palmquist et al. 2016)
= Atlantic Maritime Longleaf Woodland (Peet and Allard 1993)
= Type 4 (Coastal Fringe Sandhill Forest) (Wentworth et al. 1993)
= Pinus palustris / Quercus geminata - Q. hemisphaerica / Osmanthus americanus Woodland (Palmquist et al. 2016)
= Atlantic Maritime Longleaf Woodland (Peet and Allard 1993)
= Type 4 (Coastal Fringe Sandhill Forest) (Wentworth et al. 1993)
- Nelson, J. B. 1986. The natural communities of South Carolina: Initial classification and description. South Carolina Wildlife and Marine Resources Department, Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries, Columbia, SC. 55 pp.
- Palmquist, K. A., R. K. Peet, and S. C. Carr. 2016. Xeric longleaf pine vegetation of the Atlantic and East Gulf Coast Coastal Plain: An evaluation and revision of associations within the U.S. National Vegetation Classification. Proceedings of the U.S. National Vegetation Classification. [in press]
- Peet, R. K. 1996. Longleaf pine communities of the Carolinas and Georgia. Unpublished document. Botany Department, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
- Peet, R. K., T. R. Wentworth, M. P. Schafale, and A.S. Weakley. No date. Unpublished data of the North Carolina Vegetation Survey. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
- Peet, R. K., and D. J. Allard. 1993. Longleaf pine vegetation of the Southern Atlantic and Eastern Gulf Coast regions: A preliminary classification. Pages 45-81 in: S. M. Hermann, editor. The Longleaf Pine Ecosystem: Ecology, restoration and management. Proceedings of the eighteenth Tall Timbers fire ecology conference. Tall Timbers Research Station, Tallahassee, FL.
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- Schafale, M. P., and A. S. Weakley. 1990. Classification of the natural communities of North Carolina. Third approximation. North Carolina Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Recreation, Natural Heritage Program, Raleigh. 325 pp.
- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.
- Wentworth, T. R., M. P. Schafale, A. S. Weakley, R. K. Peet, P. S. White, and C. C. Frost. 1993. A preliminary classification of North Carolina barrier island forests. Pages 31-46 in: C. A. Cole and F. K. Turner, editors. Barrier island ecology of the mid-Atlantic coast: A symposium. Technical Report NPS/SERCAHA/NRTR-93/04. National Park Service, Atlanta, GA.