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CEGL003647 Pinus palustris - (Pinus serotina) / Ilex glabra - Gaylussacia frondosa - (Kalmia carolina) Woodland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Longleaf Pine - (Pond Pine) / Inkberry - Blue Huckleberry - (Carolina Laurel) Woodland
Colloquial Name: Wet Longleaf Pine Flatwoods (Northern Type)
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: Pinus palustris (and sometimes Pinus taeda or Pinus serotina) dominates the open canopy of this Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain flatwoods. The shrub layer is often dense, dominated by Gaylussacia frondosa, Ilex glabra, Gaylussacia baccata, Clethra alnifolia, Morella cerifera, Gaylussacia dumosa, Lyonia mariana, and Arundinaria tecta. Other characteristic species include Vaccinium crassifolium, Pteridium aquilinum var. pseudocaudatum, and Pyxidanthera barbulata. This community is poorly understood, since few examples remain, and these are in poor condition. These communities are moist to wet longleaf pine flatwoods north of the range of Aristida stricta.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: In Virginia, where longleaf pine vegetation is very limited and remaining sites are intensely managed with prescription fire, removal of loblolly pine, and planting of longleaf pine, existing association concepts are difficult to apply. Vegetation at remaining sites in Virginia could be treated as ~Pinus palustris - Pinus taeda / Quercus laevis / Gaylussacia frondosa - Gaylussacia baccata Woodland (CEGL003592)$$ or ~Pinus palustris - (Pinus serotina) / Ilex glabra - Gaylussacia frondosa - (Kalmia carolina) Woodland (CEGL003647)$$, but the two expressions are not spatially distinct.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: Pinus palustris (and sometimes Pinus taeda or Pinus serotina) dominates the open canopy. The shrub layer is often dense, dominated by Gaylussacia frondosa, Ilex glabra, Gaylussacia baccata, Clethra alnifolia, Morella cerifera (= Myrica cerifera), Gaylussacia dumosa (= var. dumosa), Lyonia mariana, and Arundinaria tecta (= Arundinaria gigantea ssp. tecta). Other characteristic species include Vaccinium crassifolium, Pteridium aquilinum var. pseudocaudatum, and Pyxidanthera barbulata.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: These communities are moist to wet longleaf pine flatwoods north of the range of Aristida stricta.
Geographic Range: This association is found in the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain of the United States.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: NC, VA
Plot Analysis Summary:
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Confidence Level: Moderate
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.e Longleaf Pine / Inkberry - Saw Palmetto Woodland Group | G596 | 1.B.1.Na.1.e |
| Alliance | A3161 Longleaf Pine / Creeping Blueberry / Pineland Three-awn Woodland Alliance | A3161 | 1.B.1.Na.1.e |
| Association | CEGL003647 Longleaf Pine - (Pond Pine) / Inkberry - Blue Huckleberry - (Carolina Laurel) Woodland | CEGL003647 | 1.B.1.Na.1.e |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: ? CT-B. Pinus palustris / savanna herbs and shrubs (longleaf pine savanna) (Frost and Musselman 1987)
? Wet Pine Flatwoods, Wet Spodosol Variant (Schafale 1994)
? Wet Pine Flatwoods, Wet Spodosol Variant (Schafale 1994)
- Frost, C. C., and L. J. Musselman. 1987. History and vegetation of the Blackwater Ecologic Preserve. Castanea 52:16-46.
- Schafale, M. P. 1994. Inventory of longleaf pine natural communities. North Carolina Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Recreation, Natural Heritage Program, Raleigh. 230 pp.
- Schafale, M. P. 2012. Classification of the natural communities of North Carolina, 4th Approximation. North Carolina Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Recreation, Natural Heritage Program, Raleigh.
- 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.