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CEGL006382 Pinus strobus - Quercus alba / Ilex glabra Forest
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Eastern White Pine - White Oak / Inkberry Forest
Colloquial Name: Coastal White Pine - White Oak Forest
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This type represents coastal white - pine oak forests of the Northeast. They occur on sand and gravel of outwash plains and are sheltered from maritime influences. These forests are dominated by Pinus strobus, Quercus alba, and Quercus velutina in the canopy with occasional Pinus rigida in low abundance. The shrub layer is characterized by Ilex glabra, which is diagnostic of the association, and also contains Vaccinium corymbosum and Gaylussacia frondosa. The herb layer contains Pyrola spp., Monotropa uniflora, Goodyera tesselata, and several ferns.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: This type needs further review; it may be a coastal expression of inland oak-pine forests or possibly a reflection of land-use history.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: These forests are dominated by Pinus strobus, Quercus alba, and Quercus velutina in the canopy with occasional Pinus rigida in low abundance. The shrub layer is characterized by Ilex glabra, which is diagnostic of the association, and also contains Vaccinium corymbosum and Gaylussacia frondosa (= var. frondosa). The herb layer contains Pyrola spp., Monotropa uniflora, Goodyera tesselata, and several ferns.
Dynamics: This association may occur at slightly wetter sites than similar upland oak-pine forests.
Environmental Description: These forests occur on sands and gravels of coastal moraine and outwash plains at sites sheltered from maritime influences.
Geographic Range: Currently described from Long Island, New York, but may occur elsewhere along the Northeast coast.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: MA, NY, RI?
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683435
Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: GNR
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.2 Cool Temperate Forest & Woodland Formation | F008 | 1.B.2 |
| Division | 1.B.2.Na Eastern North American Forest & Woodland Division | D008 | 1.B.2.Na |
| Macrogroup | 1.B.2.Na.9 Pitch Pine - oak spp. - American Holly North Atlantic Forest Macrogroup | M525 | 1.B.2.Na.9 |
| Group | 1.B.2.Na.9.b Black Oak - American Beech - Pitch Pine Coastal Plain Forest Group | G894 | 1.B.2.Na.9.b |
| Alliance | A4209 Black Oak - Southern Red Oak - Pitch Pine Coastal Plain Forest Alliance | A4209 | 1.B.2.Na.9.b |
| Association | CEGL006382 Eastern White Pine - White Oak / Inkberry Forest | CEGL006382 | 1.B.2.Na.9.b |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: ? CNE Mesic hardwood Forest on acidic bedrock / till (Rawinski 1984a)
? Maritime forest (Rawinski 1984a)
? Southern New England oak / pine forest on sandy / gravelly soils (Rawinski 1984a)
? Maritime forest (Rawinski 1984a)
? Southern New England oak / pine forest on sandy / gravelly soils (Rawinski 1984a)
- Eastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boston, MA.
- Edinger, G. J., D. J. Evans, S. Gebauer, T. G. Howard, D. M. Hunt, and A. M. Olivero, editors. 2014a. Ecological communities of New York state. Second edition. A revised and expanded edition of Carol Reschke''s ecological communities of New York state. New York Natural Heritage Program, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Albany, NY.
- Rawinski, T. 1984a. Natural community description abstract - southern New England calcareous seepage swamp. Unpublished report. The Nature Conservancy, Boston, MA. 6 pp.
- Reschke, C. 1990. Ecological communities of New York State. New York Natural Heritage Program, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Latham, NY. 96 pp.
- Swain, P. C., and J. B. Kearsley. 2014. Classification of the natural communities of Massachusetts. Version 2.0. Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program, Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife. Westborough, MA. [http://www.mass.gov/nhesp/http://www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/dfg/dfw/natural-heritage/natural-communities/classification-of-natural-communities.html]