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CEGL003580 Pinus palustris / Quercus incana / Schizachyrium scoparium - Liatris elegans - Opuntia humifusa Woodland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Longleaf Pine / Bluejack Oak / Little Bluestem - Pinkscale Blazingstar - Eastern Prickly-pear Woodland
Colloquial Name: Western Upland Longleaf Pine Forest (Stream Terrace Sandy Woodland Type)
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This community occurs on fine-sandy stream terraces in the West Gulf Coastal Plain of Louisiana and Texas. The open canopy is dominated by Pinus palustris, although examples in eastern Texas may also include Pinus echinata or Pinus taeda. The subcanopy includes scattered Quercus incana, Quercus stellata, and Quercus marilandica, with Quercus margarettae also present in Texas examples. Shrubs include Sassafras albidum, Erythrina herbacea and Yucca louisianensis. Herbs include Schizachyrium scoparium, Liatris elegans, Opuntia humifusa, Palafoxia texana var. ambigua, Gaillardia aestivalis, Tridens carolinianus, Pityopsis graminifolia, Monarda punctata, Chrysopsis mariana, and Tetragonotheca ludoviciana.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: Examples are known from Roy E. Larsen Sandylands Preserve (Hardin County, Texas). Other Texas examples may occur at Village Creek State Park, Turkey Creek Unit of the Big Thicket National Preserve, and Cow Creek. This community type has been combined with the former Pinus palustris / Quercus incana / Schizachyrium scoparium - Aristida desmantha - Stylisma pickeringii var. pattersonii Woodland (CEGL004557), based in part upon the suggestion of the West Gulf Coastal Plain ecology team. This type is most broadly similar to the somewhat more xeric ~Pinus palustris / Quercus incana - Quercus margarettae / Cnidoscolus texanus - Stylisma pickeringii var. pattersonii Woodland (CEGL003602)$$ which occurs on broader upland landscapes.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
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Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: The open canopy is dominated by Pinus palustris, although examples in eastern Texas may also include Pinus echinata or Pinus taeda. The subcanopy includes scattered Quercus incana, Quercus stellata, and Quercus marilandica, with Quercus margarettae also present in Texas examples. Shrubs include Sassafras albidum, Erythrina herbacea and Yucca louisianensis. Herbs include Schizachyrium scoparium, Liatris elegans, Opuntia humifusa, Palafoxia texana var. ambigua, Gaillardia aestivalis, Tridens carolinianus, Pityopsis graminifolia, Monarda punctata, Chrysopsis mariana, and Tetragonotheca ludoviciana. Two rare Texas endemics, Phlox nivalis ssp. texensis, and Gaillardia aestivalis var. winkleri, occur in this type in eastern Texas.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This association occurs on Bienville soils (loamy sand), flanking the modern day floodplains of certain streams in southwestern Louisiana, such as the Calcasieu River and the Whiskey Chitto River.
Geographic Range: This community occurs on fine-sandy stream terraces in the West Gulf Coastal Plain of Louisiana and Texas.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: LA, TX
Plot Analysis Summary:
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Confidence Level: Moderate
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G1?Q
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 | A3122 Longleaf Pine / Bluejack Oak Woodland Alliance | A3122 | 1.B.1.Na.1.c |
| Association | CEGL003580 Longleaf Pine / Bluejack Oak / Little Bluestem - Pinkscale Blazingstar - Eastern Prickly-pear Woodland | CEGL003580 | 1.B.1.Na.1.c |
Concept Lineage: This community type has been combined with Pinus palustris / Quercus incana / Schizachyrium scoparium - Aristida desmantha - Stylisma pickeringii var. pattersonii Woodland (CEGL004557), based in part upon the suggestion of the WGCP ecology team.
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Upland Longleaf Pine Savanna, Subtype 3 - Stream terrace (Bridges and Orzell 1989a)
- 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.
- Bridges, E. L., and S. L. Orzell. 1989a. Longleaf pine communities of the West Gulf Coastal Plain. Natural Areas Journal 9:246-263.
- Diamond, D. D. 1993. Classification of the plant communities of Texas (series level). Unpublished document. Texas Natural Heritage Program, Austin. 25 pp.
- LNHP [Louisiana Natural Heritage Program]. 2009. Natural communities of Louisiana. Louisiana Natural Heritage Program, Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries, Baton Rouge. 46 pp. [http://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/page_wildlife/6776-Rare%20Natural%20Communities/LA_NAT_COM.pdf]
- 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.