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CEGL003599 Pinus palustris / Quercus marilandica / Vaccinium crassifolium / Aristida stricta Woodland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Longleaf Pine / Blackjack Oak / Creeping Blueberry / Pineland Three-awn Woodland
Colloquial Name: Fall-line Sandhills Longleaf Pine - Blackjack Oak Woodland
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This community occupies topographically high positions in the Fall-line Sandhills of North Carolina and South Carolina. Plinthite and sandstone outcrops are usually present, as well as reddish clay. An open canopy of Pinus palustris occurs. Typically, Quercus marilandica is the primary scrub oak, though others may be present. Shrubs, subshrubs, and woody vines (some of them indicative of moister soils than the topographic situation would indicate) include Vaccinium crassifolium, Lyonia mariana, Cyrilla racemiflora, Pyxidanthera brevifolia, Galax urceolata, Clethra alnifolia, Kalmia latifolia, Nyssa sylvatica, Symplocos tinctoria, Gaylussacia dumosa, Gelsemium sempervirens, and Vaccinium tenellum. Herbs include Aristida stricta, Tephrosia virginiana, and others. The combination of moist and xeric indicator species is distinctive.
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: An open canopy of Pinus palustris occurs. Typically, Quercus marilandica is the primary scrub oak, though others may be present. Shrubs, subshrubs, and woody vines (some of them indicative of moister soils than the topographic situation would indicate) include Vaccinium crassifolium, Lyonia mariana, Cyrilla racemiflora, Pyxidanthera brevifolia, Galax urceolata, Clethra alnifolia, Kalmia latifolia, Nyssa sylvatica, Symplocos tinctoria, Gaylussacia dumosa (= var. dumosa), Gelsemium sempervirens, and Vaccinium tenellum. Herbs include Aristida stricta, Tephrosia virginiana, and others. The combination of moist and xeric indicator species is distinctive.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This community occupies topographically high positions in the Fall-line Sandhills of North Carolina and South Carolina. Plinthite and sandstone outcrops are usually present, as well as reddish clay.
Geographic Range: This community occupies topographically high positions in the Fall-line Sandhills of North Carolina and South Carolina.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: NC, SC
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687267
Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G2?
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.1 Warm Temperate Forest & Woodland Formation | F018 | 1.B.1 |
| Division | 1.B.1.Na Southeastern North American Forest & Woodland Division | D006 | 1.B.1.Na |
| Macrogroup | 1.B.1.Na.1 Longleaf Pine / Pineland Three-awn Woodland Macrogroup | M007 | 1.B.1.Na.1 |
| Group | 1.B.1.Na.1.d Longleaf Pine / Sand Post Oak / Three-awn species Woodland Group | G009 | 1.B.1.Na.1.d |
| Alliance | A3126 Longleaf Pine / Blackjack Oak / Three-awn species Southeastern Coastal Plain Clayhill Woodland Alliance | A3126 | 1.B.1.Na.1.d |
| Association | CEGL003599 Longleaf Pine / Blackjack Oak / Creeping Blueberry / Pineland Three-awn Woodland | CEGL003599 | 1.B.1.Na.1.d |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Pine/Scrub Oak Sandhill, Clay/Rock Hill Variant (Schafale 1994)
< Rocky and Clayey Uplands, Atlantic Coastal Plain and Fall-line Sandhills (Peet 2006)
< Scrub Oak Barren (Intermediate Pineland) (Duke 1961)
< Rocky and Clayey Uplands, Atlantic Coastal Plain and Fall-line Sandhills (Peet 2006)
< Scrub Oak Barren (Intermediate Pineland) (Duke 1961)
- Duke, J. A. 1961. The psammophytes of the Carolina fall-line sandhills. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 77:3-25.
- Peet, R. K. 2006. Ecological classification of longleaf pine woodlands. Pages 51-93 in: S. Jose, E. J. Jokela, and D. L. Miller, editors. The Longleaf Pine Ecosystem: Ecology, Silviculture, and Restoration. Springer Science Business Media, LLC, New York.
- Schafale, M. P. 1994. Inventory of longleaf pine natural communities. North Carolina Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Recreation, Natural Heritage Program, Raleigh. 230 pp.
- Schafale, M. P. 2012. Classification of the natural communities of North Carolina, 4th Approximation. North Carolina Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Recreation, Natural Heritage Program, Raleigh.
- Schafale, M. P., and A. S. Weakley. 1990. Classification of the natural communities of North Carolina. Third approximation. North Carolina Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Recreation, Natural Heritage Program, Raleigh. 325 pp.
- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.