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CEGL006384 Pinus rigida / Quercus ilicifolia - Kalmia angustifolia / Pyxidanthera barbulata Woodland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Pitch Pine / Bear Oak - Sheep Laurel / Flowering Pixie-moss Woodland
Colloquial Name: Coastal Plain Mesic Pine Barrens
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: Pitch pine-scrub oak mesic barrens woodland is found in central New Jersey Pinelands in fire-prone firesheds with pine-shrub oak types or pitch pine lowlands, in mesic upland sites with abundant clay in surface soils or adjacent to pitch pine lowlands. This community is characterized by an open to closed canopy of Pinus rigida, a dense shrub stratum of Quercus ilicifolia or sometimes Quercus marilandica codominated by mesophytic heaths such as Kalmia angustifolia and/or Ilex glabra mostly, or sometimes Gaylussacia frondosa, Gaylussacia dumosa, Vaccinium corymbosum, Leucothoe racemosa, Clethra alnifolia, Lyonia mariana, and Aronia melanocarpa; Gaylussacia baccata and Vaccinium pallidum can also be present. Ground cover herbs can include Gaultheria procumbens, Pyxidanthera barbulata, Pteridium aquilinum, Xerophyllum asphodeloides, Panicum spp., Calamovilfa brevipilis, and Carex pensylvanica.
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: This community is characterized by an open to closed canopy of Pinus rigida, a dense shrub stratum of Quercus ilicifolia or sometimes Quercus marilandica codominated by mesophytic heaths such as Kalmia angustifolia and/or Ilex glabra mostly, or sometimes Gaylussacia frondosa, Gaylussacia dumosa, Vaccinium corymbosum, Leucothoe racemosa, Clethra alnifolia, Lyonia mariana, and Aronia melanocarpa; Gaylussacia baccata and Vaccinium pallidum can also be present. Ground cover herbs can include Gaultheria procumbens, Pyxidanthera barbulata, Pteridium aquilinum, Xerophyllum asphodeloides, Panicum spp., Calamovilfa brevipilis, and Carex pensylvanica.
Dynamics: Pb2 has enhanced soil moisture related to a slight water table influence in the subsoil, or increased clay content in the surface soils. Enhanced soil moisture may allow an increase in incidental "escapes" of wetlands species from nearby wetlands.
Environmental Description: Pitch pine-scrub oak mesic barrens woodland is found in central New Jersey Pinelands in fire-prone firesheds with pine-shrub oak types or pitch pine lowlands, in mesic upland sites with abundant clay in surface soils or adjacent to pitch pine lowlands (Windisch 1995b, 1999).
Geographic Range: This community is known from the Pine Barrens of New Jersey.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: NJ
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686217
Confidence Level: Low
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G1
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.2 Cool Temperate Forest & Woodland Formation | F008 | 1.B.2 |
| Division | 1.B.2.Na Eastern North American Forest & Woodland Division | D008 | 1.B.2.Na |
| Macrogroup | 1.B.2.Na.9 Pitch Pine - oak spp. - American Holly North Atlantic Forest Macrogroup | M525 | 1.B.2.Na.9 |
| Group | 1.B.2.Na.9.a Pitch Pine Barrens Group | G161 | 1.B.2.Na.9.a |
| Alliance | A3320 Pitch Pine - Shortleaf Pine Woodland Alliance | A3320 | 1.B.2.Na.9.a |
| Association | CEGL006384 Pitch Pine / Bear Oak - Sheep Laurel / Flowering Pixie-moss Woodland | CEGL006384 | 1.B.2.Na.9.a |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Pitch pine-scrub oak mesic barrens (Pb2) (Windisch 2014a)
- Breden, T. F., Y. R. Alger, K. S. Walz, and A. G. Windisch. 2001. Classification of vegetation communities of New Jersey: Second iteration. Association for Biodiversity Information and New Jersey Natural Heritage Program, Office of Natural Lands Management, Division of Parks and Forestry, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Trenton.
- Eastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boston, MA.
- NatureServe. 2009. Vegetation of the E.B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge. International Ecological Classification Standard: Terrestrial Ecological Classifications. NatureServe Central Databases. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Data current as of 1 December 2009.
- Windisch, A .G. 2014a. Pinelands ecological communities and higher level groups with crosswalk / proposed 2008 revisions to NVC. November 16, 2014 draft. New Jersey Natural Heritage Program, Trenton.
- Windisch, A. G. 1995b. Natural community inventory of Fort Dix, New Jersey. The Nature Conservancy report. New Jersey Natural Heritage Program, Office of Natural Lands Management. Trenton, NJ. 81 pp.
- Windisch, A. G. 1999. Fire ecology of the New Jersey Pine Plains and vicinity. Ph.D. dissertation, Rutgers-The State University, New Brunswick, NJ. 327 pp.