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CEGL003588 Pinus palustris / Quercus laevis / Serenoa repens / Aristida condensata Woodland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Longleaf Pine / Turkey Oak / Saw Palmetto / Piedmont Three-awn Woodland
Colloquial Name: East Gulf Coastal Plain Longleaf Sandhill Woodland
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This sandhill community of the East Gulf Coastal Plain of Mississippi occurs on deep, excessively drained white sand soils, mapped as Troup, Lucy, and Eustis-Lakeland complex. It is restricted in extent due to the limited size of the sand deposits which are usually surrounded by more mesic pine stands. Camp Shelby examples contain stunted, widely spaced trees with a well-developed understory of oaks above a sparse ground cover of lichens and mosses and bare white sand. The open canopy consists of Pinus palustris. The subcanopy consists of Quercus laevis, Quercus hemisphaerica, Quercus incana, and Quercus margarettae. The shrub stratum consists of Serenoa repens, Osmanthus americanus var. americanus, Vaccinium arboreum, Ilex vomitoria, Ilex opaca var. opaca, and Gelsemium sempervirens. The herb layer consists of Aristida condensata, Andropogon ternarius, Sorghastrum secundum, Chrysopsis gossypina ssp. hyssopifolia, Bulbostylis ciliatifolia, and Pityopsis aspera.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: Timbering operations have degraded almost all known examples of this community.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: The open canopy consists of Pinus palustris. The subcanopy consists of Quercus laevis, Quercus hemisphaerica, Quercus incana, and Quercus margarettae. The shrub stratum consists of Serenoa repens, Osmanthus americanus var. americanus, Vaccinium arboreum, Ilex vomitoria, Ilex opaca var. opaca, and Gelsemium sempervirens. The herb layer consists of Aristida condensata, Andropogon ternarius, Sorghastrum secundum, Chrysopsis gossypina ssp. hyssopifolia, Bulbostylis ciliatifolia, and Pityopsis aspera.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: On Camp Shelby (Mississippi) , this association would be expected on southern to southwest-trending slopes rather than ridge crests or saddles between ridges, as well as sandridges along larger creeks in a floodplain position.
Geographic Range: This longleaf pine sandhill woodland community is only known from the East Gulf Coastal Plain of Mississippi (and perhaps adjacent states).
Nations: US
States/Provinces: MS
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.c Longleaf Pine / Turkey Oak Xeric Woodland Group | G154 | 1.B.1.Na.1.c |
| Alliance | A4077 Longleaf Pine / Turkey Oak / Piedmont Three-awn Woodland Alliance | A4077 | 1.B.1.Na.1.c |
| Association | CEGL003588 Longleaf Pine / Turkey Oak / Saw Palmetto / Piedmont Three-awn Woodland | CEGL003588 | 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: < IB6c. Southeastern Coastal Plain Subxeric Pine - Oak Sandhill (Allard 1990)
? Subxeric Longleaf Pine Woodland (Peet and Allard 1993)
< Xeric Sand Barrens and Uplands, East Gulf Coastal Plain (Peet 2006)
? Subxeric Longleaf Pine Woodland (Peet and Allard 1993)
< Xeric Sand Barrens and Uplands, East Gulf Coastal Plain (Peet 2006)
- Allard, D. J. 1990. Southeastern United States ecological community classification. Interim report, Version 1.2. The Nature Conservancy, Southeast Regional Office, Chapel Hill, NC. 96 pp.
- MSNHP [Mississippi Natural Heritage Program]. 2006. Ecological communities of Mississippi. Museum of Natural Science, Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Jackson, MS. 9 pp.
- Moore, Julie H. Personal communication. Ecologist, Mississippi Natural Heritage Program, Camp Shelby, MS.
- Peet, R. K. 2006. Ecological classification of longleaf pine woodlands. Pages 51-93 in: S. Jose, E. J. Jokela, and D. L. Miller, editors. The Longleaf Pine Ecosystem: Ecology, Silviculture, and Restoration. Springer Science Business Media, LLC, New York.
- 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.
- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.