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CST003760 Pinus echinata / Liquidambar styraciflua - Quercus (stellata, margarettae) / Schizachyrium scoparium Forest Plantation

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available

Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Shortleaf Pine / Sweetgum - (Post Oak, Sand Post Oak) / Little Bluestem Forest Plantation

Colloquial Name: West Gulf Coastal Plain Managed Shortleaf Pine Forest

Hierarchy Level:  Cultural Subtype

Type Concept: This intensively managed Pinus echinata vegetation occurs in the Upper West Gulf Coastal Plain of Texas, and almost certainly occurs in other areas as well. These are typically mature stands maintained by infrequent to regular winter burning. Stands managed with less frequent fire (the majority of existing areas) have a dense 2-m tall layer of saplings and shrubs, while more frequently burned areas (presumably replicating more natural conditions) are more herbaceous-dominated. Understory conditions in any given stand may fluctuate temporally given changes to the fire management regime. Other silvicultural operations, especially thinning, have usually occurred, and in many cases hardwood density has been heavily diminished in both the overstory and subcanopy. Pinus taeda stems are usually selected against during thinning operations as well, especially within red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis) management areas.

Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available

Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available

Classification Comments: This type is possibly most common on the Davy Crockett National Forest.

Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available

Floristics: No Data Available

Dynamics:  Most existing stands of this type are created or "restored" under red-cockaded woodpecker management programs. Sprouts of hardwoods are extremely abundant and hard to control without aggressive fire management, and possibly mechanical means as well.
Environmental Description:  This is a managed or modified forest association; stands are maintained by infrequent to regular winter burning.
Geographic Range: This modified or managed association is found in the Upper West Gulf Coastal Plain of Texas.

Nations: US

States/Provinces:  No Data Available

Confidence Level: None

Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: GNA

Greasons: No Data Available
Type Name Database Code Classification Code
Cultural Class CCL01 Anthromorphic Vegetation Cultural Class CCL01 7
Cultural Formation CFO02 Forest Plantation & Agroforestry Cultural Formation CFO02 7.A.2
Cultural Group CGR007 Temperate & Boreal Plantation Cultural Group CGR007 7.A.2.1.2
Cultural Subclass CSC01 Woody Agricultural Vegetation Cultural Subclass CSC01 7.A
Cultural Subformation CSF05 Forest Plantation Cultural Subformation CSF05 7.A.2.1
Cultural Subgroup CSG005 Eastern North American Temperate Forest Plantation Cultural Subgroup CSG005 7.A.2.1.2.a
Cultural Subtype CST003760 Shortleaf Pine / Sweetgum - (Post Oak, Sand Post Oak) / Little Bluestem Forest Plantation CST003760 7.A.2.1.2.a.4
Cultural Type CTY012 Native Southern Pine Plantation Cultural Type CTY012 7.A.2.1.2.a.4
Concept Lineage: No Data Available

Predecessors: No Data Available

Obsolete Names: No Data Available

Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: No Data Available
Concept Author(s): D.J. Allard

Author of Description: D.J. Allard, R.E. Evans and M. Pyne

Acknowledgements: No Data Available

Version Date: 02-22-07
  • Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.
  • TNHS [Texas Natural History Survey]. No date. Unpublished data. Texas Natural History Survey, The Nature Conservancy, San Antonio.