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CEGL008427 Pinus echinata - Quercus alba / Vaccinium pallidum / Hexastylis arifolia - Chimaphila maculata Forest
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Shortleaf Pine - White Oak / Blue Ridge Blueberry / Arrowleaf Heartleaf - Striped Prince''s-pine Forest
Colloquial Name: Appalachian Shortleaf Pine - Mesic Oak Forest
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This association includes forests dominated by a mixture of Pinus echinata and mesophytic and dry-mesophytic oaks (e.g., Quercus alba, Quercus rubra, Quercus velutina) occurring in the Southern Ridge and Valley, Cumberland Plateau, low-elevation Southern Blue Ridge, and upper Piedmont of the southeastern United States. These forests occur on low to middle slope positions, on protected to intermediately exposed sites. The mixed evergreen - deciduous canopy is dominated by Pinus echinata and Quercus alba, sometimes with high coverage of other Quercus spp. (Quercus velutina, Quercus coccinea, Quercus falcata, Quercus rubra). Xerophytic Quercus spp. such as Quercus montana, Quercus stellata, as well as other species of pines, may be present but are typically not abundant. A well-developed subcanopy is typical, with species such as Acer rubrum, Nyssa sylvatica, Carya glabra, Cornus florida, and Oxydendrum arboreum. The shrub stratum is sparse to patchy with low shrubs (Vaccinium pallidum, Vaccinium stamineum, Vaccinium arboreum, Chimaphila maculata) and vines (Vitis rotundifolia). The herb stratum is patchy to absent. Hexastylis arifolia is a typical herb. Stands without fire management may experience invasion by Acer rubrum. Piptochaetium avenaceum may be an important grass in more open stands.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: This forest has an overall more mesophytic species composition and occurs on deeper soil or on more protected sites than the more extreme shortleaf pine - oak forest, ~Pinus echinata - Quercus (montana, falcata) / Oxydendrum arboreum / Vaccinium pallidum Forest (CEGL007493)$$. In the Daniel Boone National Forest (Kentucky) this vegetation is important as part of a pine-oak matrix which is significant for restoration of red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis) habitat. Piptochaetium avenaceum may be an important grass in more open stands. Some plots attributed to this type have more Quercus alba than Pinus echinata. Subdivision of this broad type may be warranted as more data become available.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: The mixed evergreen - deciduous canopy of stands is dominated by Pinus echinata and Quercus alba, sometimes with high coverage by other Quercus spp. (Quercus velutina, Quercus coccinea, Quercus falcata, Quercus rubra). Xerophytic Quercus spp. such as Quercus montana (= Quercus prinus) and Quercus stellata, as well as other species of pines, may be present but are typically not abundant. A well-developed subcanopy is typical, with species such as Acer rubrum, Nyssa sylvatica, Carya glabra, Cornus florida, and Oxydendrum arboreum. The shrub stratum is sparse to patchy with low shrubs (Vaccinium pallidum, Vaccinium stamineum, Vaccinium arboreum, Chimaphila maculata) and vines (Vitis rotundifolia). The herb stratum is patchy to absent. Hexastylis arifolia is a typical herb. Stands without fire management may experience invasion by Acer rubrum. In more open stands, Piptochaetium avenaceum may be an important grass. A dense forest from the Talladega National Forest, Talladega Ranger District, included here, is dominated by Quercus coccinea and Pinus echinata; other canopy components include Quercus velutina, Quercus alba, Quercus falcata, Liriodendron tulipifera, Pinus taeda, Carya glabra, and Liquidambar styraciflua. The patchy shrub layer includes Vaccinium arboreum, Vaccinium pallidum, Viburnum acerifolium, and Acer rubrum. The sparse herbaceous layer is characterized by Piptochaetium avenaceum, which may be an important grass in more open stands.
Dynamics: Stands without fire management may experience invasion by Acer rubrum. Piptochaetium avenaceum may be an important grass in more open stands.
Environmental Description: These forests occur on low to middle slope positions, on protected to intermediately exposed sites.
Geographic Range: This community occurs in the Southern Ridge and Valley, Cumberland Plateau, low-elevation Southern Blue Ridge, and upper Piedmont of the southeastern United States.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: AL, GA, KY, NC, SC, TN
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686840
Confidence Level: Low
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G3G4
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.2 Appalachian-Northeastern Oak - Hardwood - Pine Forest & Woodland Macrogroup | M502 | 1.B.2.Na.2 |
| Group | 1.B.2.Na.2.g Table Mountain Pine - Virginia Pine - Pitch Pine Woodland & Barrens Group | G905 | 1.B.2.Na.2.g |
| Alliance | A3269 Shortleaf Pine - Table Mountain Pine - Chestnut Oak Appalachian Woodland Alliance | A3269 | 1.B.2.Na.2.g |
| Association | CEGL008427 Shortleaf Pine - White Oak / Blue Ridge Blueberry / Arrowleaf Heartleaf - Striped Prince''s-pine Forest | CEGL008427 | 1.B.2.Na.2.g |
Concept Lineage: merged
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: No Data Available
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