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CEGL007767 Pinus palustris / Quercus laevis / Leiophyllum buxifolium - Cyrilla racemiflora - Clethra alnifolia Woodland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Longleaf Pine / Turkey Oak / Sand-myrtle - Swamp Titi - Coastal Sweet-pepperbush Woodland
Colloquial Name: Sandstone/Gravel Longleaf Pine Woodland
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This community is limited to areas of sandstone outcropping in the sandhills of South Carolina. The open to scattered canopy consists of Pinus palustris. A sparse scrub oak layer consists of Quercus laevis. The shrub layer is diverse and includes the juxtaposition of species normally widely separated ecologically by moisture, from pocosin species to xeric sandhill species. Dominant shrubs include Leiophyllum buxifolium, Cyrilla racemiflora, Clethra alnifolia, Vaccinium tenellum, and Gaylussacia dumosa. Other shrubs include Hypericum lloydii, Vaccinium crassifolium ssp. sempervirens, Kalmia latifolia, Lyonia mariana, and Gaylussacia frondosa. Herbs are few and include Liatris sp. and Schizachyrium scoparium. This community occurs on sandstone outcrops and gravel beds on exposed ridge situations in a landscape of longleaf pine sandhills. Occurrences of this community are small and are limited to rare and localized edaphic situations, where sandstone, gravel, and kaolinite outcrops provide subirrigation, augmenting the water supply. In this respect, this community shows a conceptual similarity to ~Pinus palustris / Quercus marilandica / Vaccinium crassifolium / Aristida stricta Woodland (CEGL003599)$$ but differs consistently in floristic composition (for instance in lacking three of the four nominal species).
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: Examples at Peachtree Rock TNC Preserve (Lexington County, South Carolina).
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: The open to scattered canopy consists of Pinus palustris. A sparse scrub oak layer consists of Quercus laevis. The shrub layer is diverse and includes the juxtaposition of species normally widely separated ecologically by moisture, from pocosin species to xeric sandhill species. Dominant shrubs include Leiophyllum buxifolium, Cyrilla racemiflora, Clethra alnifolia, Vaccinium tenellum, and Gaylussacia dumosa (= var. dumosa). Other shrubs include Hypericum lloydii, Vaccinium crassifolium ssp. sempervirens (= Vaccinium sempervirens), Kalmia latifolia, Lyonia mariana, and Gaylussacia frondosa (= var. frondosa). Herbs are few and include Liatris sp. and Schizachyrium scoparium.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This community occurs on sandstone outcrops and gravel beds on exposed ridge situations in a landscape of longleaf pine sandhills. Occurrences of this community are small and are limited to rare and localized edaphic situations, where sandstone, gravel, and kaolinite outcrops provide subirrigation, augmenting the water supply.
Geographic Range: This community is limited to areas of sandstone outcropping in the sandhills of South Carolina.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: SC
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683890
Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G1
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.d Longleaf Pine / Sand Post Oak / Three-awn species Woodland Group | G009 | 1.B.1.Na.1.d |
| Alliance | A3125 Longleaf Pine / Sand Post Oak / Three-awn species Southeastern Coastal Plain Woodland Alliance | A3125 | 1.B.1.Na.1.d |
| Association | CEGL007767 Longleaf Pine / Turkey Oak / Sand-myrtle - Swamp Titi - Coastal Sweet-pepperbush Woodland | CEGL007767 | 1.B.1.Na.1.d |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: No Data Available
- SCWMRD [South Carolina Wildlife and Marine Resources Department]. 2018. Unpublished data. South Carolina Wildlife and Marine Resources Department, Columbia.
- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.