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CEGL003608 Pinus palustris - Pinus echinata / Schizachyrium scoparium - Manfreda virginica Serpentine Woodland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Longleaf Pine - Shortleaf Pine / Little Bluestem - False Aloe Serpentine Woodland
Colloquial Name: Georgia Piedmont Longleaf Pine Serpentine Woodland
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This community is characterized by a 10- to 14-m canopy of Pinus palustris and Pinus echinata patchily distributed over low shrubs, grasses, and forbs, with small, scattered rocky outcrops of serpentine in the Piedmont of Georgia. Quercus marilandica is common in the subcanopy. Common herbs and vines include Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium, Baptisia alba, Chrysopsis mariana, Centrosema virginianum, Gelsemium sempervirens, and Manfreda virginica. This community occurs on upper slopes and ridgetops over dry, rocky soils. Soils are classified as Alfisols and are derived from serpentine parent material. This community grades into woodlands dominated by Quercus marilandica on the surrounding lower slopes.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: This association is apparently endemic to Georgia and is known from one site, Burks Mountain, in Columbia County. This site is one of the few known serpentine areas south of Maryland.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
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Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: This community is characterized by a 10- to 14-m tall canopy of Pinus palustris and Pinus echinata (Wharton 1978) patchily distributed over low shrubs, grasses, and forbs, with small, scattered rocky outcrops. Quercus marilandica is common in the subcanopy. Common herbs and vines include Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium, Baptisia alba, Chrysopsis mariana, Centrosema virginianum, Gelsemium sempervirens, and Manfreda virginica. In addition, Clinopodium georgianum (= Calamintha georgiana) is characteristic. This species is indicative of dry, rocky or sandy areas.
Dynamics: This vegetation depends on frequent, low-intensity, growing-season fires to control understory vegetation and for the reproduction of Pinus palustris.
Environmental Description: This community occurs on upper slopes and ridgetops over dry, rocky soils. Soils are classified as Alfisols and are derived from serpentine parent material. It is apparently restricted to only one location at Burks Mountain, Columbia County, Georgia (Wharton 1978).
Geographic Range: This community is known from one site, Burks Mountain, in Columbia County, Georgia. This site is one of the few known serpentine areas south of Maryland.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: GA
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686766
Confidence Level: Moderate
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.1 White Oak - Southern Red Oak - Shortleaf Pine Forest & Woodland Macrogroup | M016 | 1.B.2.Na.1 |
| Group | 1.B.2.Na.1.b Shortleaf Pine - Southern Red Oak - Post Oak Forest & Woodland Group | G012 | 1.B.2.Na.1.b |
| Alliance | A3272 Longleaf Pine - Shortleaf Pine - Chestnut Oak Interior Woodland Alliance | A3272 | 1.B.2.Na.1.b |
| Association | CEGL003608 Longleaf Pine - Shortleaf Pine / Little Bluestem - False Aloe Serpentine Woodland | CEGL003608 | 1.B.2.Na.1.b |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Serpentine Subxeric Longleaf Woodland (Peet and Allard 1993)
- Peet, R. K., and D. J. Allard. 1993. Longleaf pine vegetation of the Southern Atlantic and Eastern Gulf Coast regions: A preliminary classification. Pages 45-81 in: S. M. Hermann, editor. The Longleaf Pine Ecosystem: Ecology, restoration and management. Proceedings of the eighteenth Tall Timbers fire ecology conference. Tall Timbers Research Station, Tallahassee, FL.
- Radford, A. E., and D. L. Martin. 1975. Potential ecological natural landmarks: Piedmont region, eastern United States. University of North Carolina, Department of Botany, Chapel Hill. 249 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.