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CST007171 Pinus elliottii - (Pinus palustris) Forest Plantation
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Slash Pine - (Longleaf Pine) Forest Plantation
Colloquial Name: Slash Pine Managed Forest
Hierarchy Level: Cultural Subtype
Type Concept: This association describes Pinus elliottii var. elliottii stands which were either planted or naturally regenerated on old-field, former Pinus palustris sites. Ground layer composition is highly variable and may range from substantially natural to highly altered, or very sparse, depending on management, canopy closure, and other factors. Sites representing this association can also be considered as altered versions of more natural associations placed in needle-leaved evergreen woodland.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: In particular, this broadly conceived association includes various pine stands in the West Gulf Coastal Plain, which contain Pinus elliottii var. elliottii. This region is outside of the natural range of this species. Sites representing this association can also be considered as altered versions of more natural associations placed in needle-leaved evergreen woodland, but given their origin on old fields and their typically intensive management, we place them with other forest plantations.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: No Data Available
Dynamics: This forest is primarily disturbed through silvicultural management techniques such as burning and thinning. This forest is initially planted as a seedling/sapling phase and progresses relatively quickly (9-12 years) to a forest physiognomy. This forest is likely cut before it succeeds to another community.
Environmental Description: West Gulf Coastal Plain stands which are placed here are old plantations planted outside the natural range of Pinus elliottii var. elliottii, sometimes on former Pinus palustris sites. In this region, the local expression of this association depends on soil conditions. In mesic to dry-mesic uplands, the canopy may range from nearly pure Pinus elliottii (possibly with some Pinus taeda ingrowth) to a mixed canopy containing Pinus elliottii var. elliottii and Pinus palustris in combination. In the former case, soils are generally acidic silt loams and sandy loams; in the latter case they tend to be well-drained to moderately well-drained, fine sandy loams and sands underlain by clay. On dry to xeric former Pinus palustris sites, on silt loams, fine sandy loams, or silty clay loams underlain by clay of the Kisatchie Series, the soil is moderately deep with siltstone or sandstone occurring at 90-150 cm (36-60 inches). This well-drained, very slowly permeable soil ranges from strongly to extremely acidic.
Geographic Range: This association is found in the southeastern Coastal Plain of the United States.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: No Data Available
Plot Analysis Summary:
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Confidence Level: None
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: GNA
Greasons: No Data Available
| Type | Name | Database Code | Classification Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cultural Class | CCL01 Anthromorphic Vegetation Cultural Class | CCL01 | 7 |
| Cultural Formation | CFO02 Forest Plantation & Agroforestry Cultural Formation | CFO02 | 7.A.2 |
| Cultural Group | CGR007 Temperate & Boreal Plantation Cultural Group | CGR007 | 7.A.2.1.2 |
| Cultural Subclass | CSC01 Woody Agricultural Vegetation Cultural Subclass | CSC01 | 7.A |
| Cultural Subformation | CSF05 Forest Plantation Cultural Subformation | CSF05 | 7.A.2.1 |
| Cultural Subgroup | CSG005 Eastern North American Temperate Forest Plantation Cultural Subgroup | CSG005 | 7.A.2.1.2.a |
| Cultural Subtype | CST007171 Slash Pine - (Longleaf Pine) Forest Plantation | CST007171 | 7.A.2.1.2.a.4 |
| Cultural Type | CTY012 Native Southern Pine Plantation Cultural Type | CTY012 | 7.A.2.1.2.a.4 |
Concept Lineage: merged
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: < IF3b. Plantation (Hardwood or Conifer) (Allard 1990)
< Longleaf Pine (21) (USFS 1988)
? Longleaf Pine - Slash Pine: 83 (Eyre 1980)
< Slash Pine (22) (USFS 1988)
< Longleaf Pine (21) (USFS 1988)
? Longleaf Pine - Slash Pine: 83 (Eyre 1980)
< Slash Pine (22) (USFS 1988)
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