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CEGL002400 Pinus echinata / Vaccinium (arboreum, pallidum, stamineum) Forest

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available

Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Shortleaf Pine / (Farkleberry, Blue Ridge Blueberry, Deerberry) Forest

Colloquial Name: Interior Highlands Shortleaf Pine / Blueberry Forest

Hierarchy Level:  Association

Type Concept: This shortleaf pine / blueberry forest type is found in the Interior Highlands region of the United States, including the Ouachita Mountains and Ozarks of Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri. Stands occur on dry, thin-soil slopes. Soils may be somewhat acidic, often overlaying a variety of acidic bedrock substrates, including chert, igneous or sandstone material. This is a mid-successional to mature forest with the canopy dominated by Pinus echinata. A subcanopy of oaks, such as Quercus alba, Quercus stellata, and Quercus falcata, may be present and may succeed into the canopy in the prolonged absence of fire. Cornus florida is also typically present. Shrub and herbaceous strata may be sparse to dense, with any of Vaccinium arboreum, Vaccinium pallidum, Vaccinium stamineum, or Aesculus glabra present. Dry forest herbs are typical. In northern Arkansas (Springfield Plateau), these forests occur naturally on steep slopes, over cherty residuum of the Boone Formation. They also occur on sandstone shelf bluffs in the Ozarks.

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 is a mid-successional to mature forest with the canopy dominated by Pinus echinata. A subcanopy of oaks, such as Quercus alba, Quercus stellata, and Quercus falcata, may be present and may succeed into the canopy in the prolonged absence of fire. Cornus florida is also typically present. Shrub and herbaceous strata may be sparse to dense, with any of Vaccinium arboreum, Vaccinium pallidum, Vaccinium stamineum, or Aesculus glabra present. Dry forest herbs are typical.

Dynamics:  No Data Available
Environmental Description:  Stands occur on dry, thin-soil slopes. Soils may be somewhat acidic, often overlaying a variety of acidic bedrock substrates, including chert, igneous or sandstone material. In northern Arkansas (Springfield Plateau), these forests occur naturally on steep slopes, over cherty residuum of the Boone Formation. They also occur on sandstone shelf bluffs in the Ozarks.
Geographic Range: This shortleaf pine / blueberry forest type is found in the Interior Highlands region of the United States, including the Ouachita Mountains and Ozarks of Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri.

Nations: US

States/Provinces:  AR, MO, OK


Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented

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.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 A3271 Shortleaf Pine - Post Oak - Black Oak Ozark-Ouachita Woodland Alliance A3271 1.B.2.Na.1.b
Association CEGL002400 Shortleaf Pine / (Farkleberry, Blue Ridge Blueberry, Deerberry) Forest CEGL002400 1.B.2.Na.1.b
Concept Lineage: merged

Predecessors: No Data Available

Obsolete Names: No Data Available

Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Pinus echinata / Vaccinium (arboreum, pallidum, stamineum) Forest (Faber-Langendoen 2001)
< Shortleaf Pine - Oak: 76 (Eyre 1980)
Concept Author(s): D. Faber-Langendoen (2001)

Author of Description: D. Faber-Langendoen and K.D. Patterson

Acknowledgements: No Data Available

Version Date: 01-01-98
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