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CEGL004658 Pinus elliottii - (Pinus palustris) / Ilex vomitoria - Serenoa repens - Morella cerifera Woodland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Slash Pine - (Longleaf Pine) / Yaupon - Saw Palmetto - Wax-myrtle Woodland
Colloquial Name: Maritime Slash Pine - Longleaf Pine Upland Flatwoods
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This maritime-influenced, upland Pinus elliottii var. elliottii woodland occurs on barrier islands and near-coastal areas of the East Gulf Coastal Plain and adjacent South Atlantic region. In addition to Pinus elliottii var. elliottii, stands sometimes contain an admixture of Pinus palustris. In the past, canopy structure in natural stands was open, but now it varies to a more closed structure. A subcanopy is sometimes present and can include Quercus virginiana, Quercus geminata, Quercus hemisphaerica, and Magnolia grandiflora. Typical understory species include Ilex vomitoria, Serenoa repens, and Morella cerifera. Other common shrubs and woody vines are Smilax bona-nox, Smilax auriculata, Smilax laurifolia, Rhus copallinum var. leucantha, Vitis rotundifolia, Vaccinium arboreum, and Persea borbonia. The herb stratum is typically poorly developed but may include Solidago odora var. odora and Tragia urens. On a southern Georgia barrier island, at the Cumberland Island National Seashore, the sparse herb layer contains occasional species expected from more open longleaf pine uplands, including Aristida lanosa, Liatris sp., and Sorghastrum secundum. In northeastern Florida, at the Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve, dead and dying Persea borbonia indicate that these maritime flatwoods are being affected by laurel wilt, which is caused by a vascular wilt fungus that is transmitted to species in the Lauraceae family via the non-native redbay ambrosia beetle (Xyleborus glabratus).
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: This association is described from the eastern end of Dauphin Island, Mobile County, Alabama, where it occurs on the Audubon preserve. There is a report from the Louisiana Gulf Coast Prairies and Marshes (TNC Ecoregion 31) of a community dominated by Pinus elliottii with Quercus stellata and Quercus virginiana (L. Smith pers. comm.).
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
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Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: Pinus elliottii var. elliottii dominates, sometimes with an admixture of Pinus palustris. In the past, canopy structure in natural stands was open, but now it varies to a more closed structure. At Cumberland Island National Seashore, a barrier island in southeastern Georgia, even-aged old-growth Pinus palustris is the exclusive canopy species. A subcanopy is sometimes present and can include Quercus virginiana, Quercus geminata, Quercus hemisphaerica, and Magnolia grandiflora. Typical understory species include Ilex vomitoria, Serenoa repens, and Morella cerifera (= Myrica cerifera). Other common shrubs and woody vines are Smilax bona-nox, Smilax auriculata, Smilax laurifolia, Rhus copallinum var. leucantha, Vitis rotundifolia, Vaccinium arboreum, and Persea borbonia. The herb stratum is typically poorly developed but may include Solidago odora var. odora and Tragia urens.
Dynamics: In northeastern Florida, at the Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve, dead and dying Persea borbonia indicate that these maritime flatwoods are being affected by laurel wilt, which is caused by a vascular wilt fungus that is transmitted to species in the Lauraceae family via the non-native redbay ambrosia beetle (Xyleborus glabratus).
Environmental Description: This maritime upland woodland occurs on stabilized upland dunes on barrier islands and near-coastal mainland areas on the East Gulf Coastal Plain and adjacent South Atlantic region.
Geographic Range: This association is restricted to the East Gulf Coastal Plain and adjacent South Atlantic region.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, SC
Plot Analysis Summary:
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Confidence Level: Moderate
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G2G3
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 | A3160 Longleaf Pine / Saw Palmetto / Beyrich''s Three-awn Woodland Alliance | A3160 | 1.B.1.Na.1.e |
| Association | CEGL004658 Slash Pine - (Longleaf Pine) / Yaupon - Saw Palmetto - Wax-myrtle Woodland | CEGL004658 | 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: = Xeric Flatwoods (Carr et al. 2010)
- ALNHP [Alabama Natural Heritage Program]. 2018. Unpublished data on file. Alabama Natural Heritage Program, Auburn University.
- Carr, S. C., K. M. Robertson, and R. K. Peet. 2010. A vegetation classification of fire-dependent pinelands of Florida. Castanea 75(2):153-189.
- GNHP [Georgia Natural Heritage Program]. 2018. Unpublished data. Georgia Natural Heritage Program, Wildlife Resources Division, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Social Circle.
- Hillestad, H. O., J. R. Bozeman, A. S. Johnson, C. W. Berisford, and J. I. Richardson. 1975. The ecology of the Cumberland Island National Seashore, Camden County, Georgia. Technical Report Series No. 75-5. Georgia Marine Sciences Center, Skidway Island, GA.
- McManamay, R. H. 2017a. Vegetation mapping at Cumberland Island National Seashore. Natural Resource Report NPS/SECN/NRR--2017/1511. National Park Service, Fort Collins, CO. 422 pp.
- 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.
- 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.
- Smith, Latimore M. Personal communication. Natural Heritage Program Ecologist. Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Natural Heritage Program, Baton Rouge.
- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.