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CEGL004499 Pinus palustris - Pinus serotina / Ctenium aromaticum - Scleria pauciflora - Sarracenia flava Woodland

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available


Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Longleaf Pine - Pond Pine / Toothache Grass - Few-flower Nutrush - Yellow Pitcherplant Woodland

Colloquial Name: South Atlantic Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine - Pond Pine Woodland

Hierarchy Level:  Association

Type Concept: This saturated longleaf pine - pond pine woodland community occurs in the South Atlantic Coastal Plain of South Carolina. Stands are dominated by Pinus palustris and Pinus serotina. The herb layer is characterized by the presence or partial dominance of Ctenium aromaticum, Scleria pauciflora, and Sarracenia flava. More information to be added from North Carolina Vegetation Survey plot data.

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: Stands of this saturated longleaf pine - pond pine woodland are dominated by Pinus palustris and Pinus serotina. The herb layer is characterized by the presence or partial dominance of Ctenium aromaticum, Scleria pauciflora, and Sarracenia flava.

Dynamics:  No Data Available

Environmental Description:  This association is found on relatively silty soils (38% of CVS plots) (R. Peet pers. comm. 2009).

Geographic Range: This community occurs in the South Atlantic Coastal Plain of South Carolina.

Nations: US

States/Provinces:  SC




Confidence Level: Moderate

Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available

Grank: G1

Greasons: No Data Available


Concept Lineage: No Data Available

Predecessors: No Data Available

Obsolete Names: No Data Available

Obsolete Parents: No Data Available

Synonomy: ? Pinus palustris - Pinus serotina / Ctenium aromaticum - Scleria pauciflora - Sarracenia flava Woodland (Peet 1996)
= Pinus palustris-Pinus serotina / Ctenium aromaticum-Muhlenbergia expansa-Andropogon perangustatus Woodland (Glitzenstein and Streng 2004)

Concept Author(s): R.K. Peet, E. Kjellmark and A.S. Weakley

Author of Description: R.K. Peet, E. Kjellmark and A.S. Weakley

Acknowledgements: No Data Available

Version Date: 10-22-09

  • Glitzenstein, J. S., and D. R. Streng. 2004. Evaluating the NatureServe preliminary plant community classification for Francis Marion National Forest. Tall Timbers Research Station, Tallahassee, FL. Plus appendices and data.
  • Nelson, J. B. 1986. The natural communities of South Carolina: Initial classification and description. South Carolina Wildlife and Marine Resources Department, Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries, Columbia, SC. 55 pp.
  • North Carolina Vegetation Survey. No date. Unpublished data.
  • Peet, R. K. 1996. Longleaf pine communities of the Carolinas and Georgia. Unpublished document. Botany Department, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
  • Peet, R. K., T. R. Wentworth, M. P. Schafale, and A.S. Weakley. No date. Unpublished data of the North Carolina Vegetation Survey. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
  • Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.