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CEGL007766 Quercus alba - Quercus (margarettae, rubra, stellata) / Vaccinium pallidum Sandhill Forest
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: White Oak - (Sand Post Oak, Northern Red Oak, Post Oak) / Blue Ridge Blueberry Sandhill Forest
Colloquial Name: Sandhill Ravine Oak Forest
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This forest community occurs on deep sandy soils in fire-protected slopes and ravines of the South Atlantic Coastal Plain, associated with a matrix of sandhill longleaf pine woodlands and associated wetlands. Wetlands, relatively steep topography, and sandstone rock outcrops apparently provide fire protection. This community is dominated by a mix of oak and hickory species, including Quercus alba, Quercus rubra, Quercus stellata, Quercus margarettae, Quercus coccinea, Quercus velutina, Carya glabra, Carya pallida, Carya tomentosa, and Nyssa sylvatica. The shrub and woody-vine stratum is dominated by Vaccinium pallidum but also includes Calycanthus floridus, Viburnum acerifolium, Symplocos tinctoria, Kalmia latifolia, Smilax glauca, Prunus serotina var. serotina, Diospyros virginiana, Sassafras albidum, Clethra alnifolia, and Vitis rotundifolia. Herbs are few, including Dichanthelium commutatum, Hexastylis arifolia var. arifolia, Tephrosia virginiana, and Stylisma humistrata.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: North Carolina has something analogous to this in the Sandhills region. It is fire-sheltered and associated with rock outcrops and dissected topography. Very susceptible to conversion to this type, but currently considered degraded examples of another type (M. Schafale pers. comm.), grades into pine-dominated [see ~Pinus palustris - Pinus (echinata, taeda) - Quercus (incana, laevis) Woodland (CEGL007511)$$]. Examples at Peachtree Rock TNC Preserve (Lexington County, SC).
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: This community is dominated by a mix of oak and hickory species, including Quercus alba, Quercus rubra, Quercus stellata, Quercus margarettae, Quercus coccinea, Quercus velutina, Carya glabra, Carya pallida, Carya tomentosa (= Carya alba), and Nyssa sylvatica. The shrub and woody-vine stratum is dominated by Vaccinium pallidum but also includes Calycanthus floridus, Viburnum acerifolium, Symplocos tinctoria, Kalmia latifolia, Smilax glauca, Prunus serotina var. serotina, Diospyros virginiana, Sassafras albidum, Clethra alnifolia, and Vitis rotundifolia. Herbs are few, including Dichanthelium commutatum, Hexastylis arifolia var. arifolia, Tephrosia virginiana, and Stylisma humistrata.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This forest community occurs on deep sandy soils in fire-protected slopes and ravines, associated with a matrix of sandhill longleaf pine woodlands and associated wetlands. Wetlands, relatively steep topography, and sandstone rock outcrops apparently provide fire protection.
Geographic Range: This association is apparently restricted to the sandhills of the South Atlantic Coastal Plain of South Carolina.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: SC
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685429
Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G2?
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.3 American Beech - Southern Magnolia - White Oak Forest Macrogroup | M008 | 1.B.1.Na.3 |
| Group | 1.B.1.Na.3.c Southern Red Oak - White Oak - Loblolly Pine Forest Group | G895 | 1.B.1.Na.3.c |
| Alliance | A4440 Southern Red Oak - White Oak - Sand Hickory Forest Alliance | A4440 | 1.B.1.Na.3.c |
| Association | CEGL007766 White Oak - (Sand Post Oak, Northern Red Oak, Post Oak) / Blue Ridge Blueberry Sandhill Forest | CEGL007766 | 1.B.1.Na.3.c |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: No Data Available
- 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.
- Schafale, Mike P. Personal communication. Ecologist, North Carolina Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Recreation, Natural Heritage Program, Raleigh.
- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.