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CEGL003946 Chrysoma pauciflosculosa - (Clinopodium coccineum) Dwarf-shrubland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Woody-goldenrod - (Scarlet Calamint) Dwarf-shrubland
Colloquial Name: Inland Georgia Dune Scrub
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This association occurs on inland, river-associated, xeric, coarse sand ridges in the Coastal Plain of Georgia and perhaps South Carolina. Scattered trees can occur, including Quercus hemisphaerica, Quercus laevis, and Magnolia grandiflora. Chrysoma pauciflosculosa is the dominant dwarf-shrub. Other characteristic species include Clinopodium coccineum, Cnidoscolus urens var. stimulosus, Licania michauxii, and Bulbostylis warei.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: This type may occur at the Ohoopee Dunes in Georgia (Wharton 1978), or see ~Ceratiola ericoides - (Chrysoma pauciflosculosa) / Polygonella polygama / Cladonia leporina Shrubland (CEGL003864)$$.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: Chrysoma pauciflosculosa is the dominant dwarf-shrub. Other characteristic species include Clinopodium coccineum, Cnidoscolus urens var. stimulosus (= Cnidoscolus stimulosus), Licania michauxii, and Bulbostylis warei. Scattered trees can occur, including Quercus hemisphaerica, Quercus laevis, and Magnolia grandiflora.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This association occurs on inland, river-associated, xeric, coarse sand ridges in the Coastal Plain of Georgia and perhaps South Carolina.
Geographic Range: This association occurs in the Coastal Plain of Georgia and perhaps South Carolina.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: GA, SC?
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686007
Confidence Level: Moderate
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G1G2
Greasons: No Data Available
| Type | Name | Database Code | Classification Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class | 2 Shrub & Herb Vegetation Class | C02 | 2 |
| Subclass | 2.B Temperate & Boreal Grassland & Shrubland Subclass | S18 | 2.B |
| Formation | 2.B.2 Temperate Grassland & Shrubland Formation | F012 | 2.B.2 |
| Division | 2.B.2.Nh Southeastern North American Grassland & Shrubland Division | D102 | 2.B.2.Nh |
| Macrogroup | 2.B.2.Nh.1 Saw Palmetto - Myrtle Oak / Beyrich''s Three-awn Scrub & Dry Prairie Macrogroup | M162 | 2.B.2.Nh.1 |
| Group | 2.B.2.Nh.1.a Myrtle Oak - Sand Live Oak Xeric Scrub Group | G177 | 2.B.2.Nh.1.a |
| Alliance | A0817 Sand-heath - Woody-goldenrod Scrub Alliance | A0817 | 2.B.2.Nh.1.a |
| Association | CEGL003946 Woody-goldenrod - (Scarlet Calamint) Dwarf-shrubland | CEGL003946 | 2.B.2.Nh.1.a |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: >< Querceto-Stipulicidetum chrysometosum subassociation (Bozeman 1971)
? Dwarf Oak - Evergreen Shrub Forest (Wharton 1978)
? Dwarf Oak - Evergreen Shrub Forest (Wharton 1978)
- Bozeman, J. R. 1971. A sociologic and geographic study of the sand ridge vegetation of the Coastal Plain of Georgia. Ph.D. dissertation, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
- GNHP [Georgia Natural Heritage Program]. 2018. Unpublished data. Georgia Natural Heritage Program, Wildlife Resources Division, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Social Circle.
- 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.
- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.
- Wharton, C. H. 1978. The natural environments of Georgia. Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Atlanta. 227 pp.