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CEGL004498 Pinus palustris - Pinus serotina / Aristida palustris - Sarracenia flava Woodland

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available


Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Longleaf Pine - Pond Pine / Longleaf Three-awn - Yellow Pitcherplant Woodland

Colloquial Name: Longleaf Pine - Pond Pine Wet Swale Woodland

Hierarchy Level:  Association

Type Concept: This saturated longleaf pine - pond pine woodland is found only in South Carolina, where it is restricted to wet swales. Stands are dominated by Pinus palustris and Pinus serotina. The herb layer is characterized by the presence or partial dominance of Aristida palustris and Sarracenia flava. Additional information is to be added from North Carolina Vegetation Survey data.

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: Stands of this saturated longleaf pine - pond pine woodland are dominated by Pinus palustris and Pinus serotina. The herb layers is characterized by the presence or partial dominance of Aristida palustris and Sarracenia flava. Rhexia alifanus is a characteristic species. More information is needed.

Dynamics:  No Data Available

Environmental Description:  This saturated longleaf pine - pond pine association is found only in South Carolina, where it is restricted to wet swales.

Geographic Range: This woodland is found only in the Coastal Plain of South Carolina.

Nations: US

States/Provinces:  SC




Confidence Level: Moderate

Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available

Grank: G1

Greasons: No Data Available


Concept Lineage: No Data Available

Predecessors: No Data Available

Obsolete Names: No Data Available

Obsolete Parents: No Data Available

Synonomy: ? Pinus palustris - Pinus serotina / Aristida palaustris (sic) / Sarracenia flava Woodland (Peet 1996) [III.Series 7.I3 (Q)]

Concept Author(s): R.K. Peet, E. Kjellmark and A.S. Weakley

Author of Description: M. Pyne

Acknowledgements: No Data Available

Version Date: 04-17-01

  • 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.
  • North Carolina Vegetation Survey. No date. Unpublished data.
  • Peet, R. K. 1996. Longleaf pine communities of the Carolinas and Georgia. Unpublished document. Botany Department, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
  • Peet, R. K., T. R. Wentworth, M. P. Schafale, and A.S. Weakley. No date. Unpublished data of the North Carolina Vegetation Survey. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
  • Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.