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CEGL006387 Pinus rigida / Gaylussacia baccata - Kalmia angustifolia Swamp Woodland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Pitch Pine / Black Huckleberry - Sheep Laurel Swamp Woodland
Colloquial Name: Pitch Pine Subhydric Lowland Swamp Woodland
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This pitch pine lowland swamp woodland of New Jersey is characterized by "subhydric" conditions. Soils are saturated sands, but the water table is below the soil surface in most cases. Pinus rigida forms an open canopy, with a well-developed shrub layer of Gaylussacia baccata, Gaylussacia frondosa, and Kalmia angustifolia, with other less frequent associates such as Ilex glabra, Lyonia mariana, Vaccinium corymbosum, and Leiophyllum buxifolium. The ground cover is characterized by Pteridium aquilinum, Pyxidanthera barbulata, Xerophyllum asphodeloides, Calamovilfa brevipilis, and Schizachyrium scoparium.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: No Data Available
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: No Data Available
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: No Data Available
Geographic Range: This type is found in New Jersey.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: NJ
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684840
Confidence Level: Low
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.3 Temperate Flooded & Swamp Forest Formation | F026 | 1.B.3 |
| Division | 1.B.3.Nb Southeastern North American Flooded & Swamp Forest Division | D062 | 1.B.3.Nb |
| Macrogroup | 1.B.3.Nb.3 Sweetbay - Swamp Bay - Pond Pine Swamp Forest Macrogroup | M032 | 1.B.3.Nb.3 |
| Group | 1.B.3.Nb.3.b Atlantic White-cedar - Pitch Pine Swamp Group | G039 | 1.B.3.Nb.3.b |
| Alliance | A0580 Pitch Pine Swamp Woodland Alliance | A0580 | 1.B.3.Nb.3.b |
| Association | CEGL006387 Pitch Pine / Black Huckleberry - Sheep Laurel Swamp Woodland | CEGL006387 | 1.B.3.Nb.3.b |
Concept Lineage: mjr 3-02: Crosswalked to ~Pinus rigida / Gaylussacia baccata - Kalmia angustifolia Woodland (CEGL006387)$$. NJ 11-00: This variant is wetter than CEGL006387, and may represent an ecotone between pine woodland and herbaceous-dominated wetland area (8/00).
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: < B1 - Pinus rigida - Leucothoe racemosa (Olsson 1979)
> Pitch Pine - Black Huckleberry Subhydric Lowland (PL6) (Windisch 2014a)
> Pitch Pine - Mixed Heath Lowland (PL5, variant of PL6) (Windisch 2014a)
< Pitch Pine Lowland Forest (Breden 1989)
> Pitch Pine - Black Huckleberry Subhydric Lowland (PL6) (Windisch 2014a)
> Pitch Pine - Mixed Heath Lowland (PL5, variant of PL6) (Windisch 2014a)
< Pitch Pine Lowland Forest (Breden 1989)
- Breden, T. F. 1989. A preliminary natural community classification for New Jersey. Pages 157-191 in: E. F. Karlin, editor. New Jersey''s rare and endangered plants and animals. Institute for Environmental Studies, Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ. 280 pp.
- Breden, T. F., Y. R. Alger, K. S. Walz, and A. G. Windisch. 2001. Classification of vegetation communities of New Jersey: Second iteration. Association for Biodiversity Information and New Jersey Natural Heritage Program, Office of Natural Lands Management, Division of Parks and Forestry, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Trenton.
- Eastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boston, MA.
- Olsson, H. 1979. Vegetation of the New Jersey Pine Barrens: A phytosociological classification. Pages 245-263 in: R. T. T. Forman, editor. Pine Barrens: Ecosystem and landscape. Academic Press, New York.
- Windisch, A .G. 2014a. Pinelands ecological communities and higher level groups with crosswalk / proposed 2008 revisions to NVC. November 16, 2014 draft. New Jersey Natural Heritage Program, Trenton.
- Windisch, A. G. 1995b. Natural community inventory of Fort Dix, New Jersey. The Nature Conservancy report. New Jersey Natural Heritage Program, Office of Natural Lands Management. Trenton, NJ. 81 pp.