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CST008436 Pinus rigida Forest Plantation
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Pitch Pine Forest Plantation
Colloquial Name: Pitch Pine Plantation
Hierarchy Level: Cultural Subtype
Type Concept: Plantations of Pinus rigida, generally dense and monospecific. In time, if not harvested, and especially with fire, these plantations may develop more natural floristic characteristics and may be reclassified as semi-natural or natural types.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: This type is based on stands seen (but not sampled) on Chattahoochee National Forest. Keith Wooster (pers. comm.) states that there are limited planted areas of Pinus rigida, on sandstone ridge sites.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: No Data Available
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: Variable, but usually planted only on poorer sites.
Geographic Range: This association has been documented from northern Georgia, where Pinus rigida has been planted by the U.S. Forest Service on xeric sites on sandstone, south of the natural distribution of the tree. It could, however, occur anywhere within or beyond the natural range of pitch pine. Stands of the species have also been planted in the Cherokee National Forest of Tennessee.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: No Data Available
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687368
Confidence Level: None
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: GNA
Greasons: No Data Available
| Type | Name | Database Code | Classification Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cultural Class | CCL01 Anthromorphic Vegetation Cultural Class | CCL01 | 7 |
| Cultural Formation | CFO02 Forest Plantation & Agroforestry Cultural Formation | CFO02 | 7.A.2 |
| Cultural Group | CGR007 Temperate & Boreal Plantation Cultural Group | CGR007 | 7.A.2.1.2 |
| Cultural Subclass | CSC01 Woody Agricultural Vegetation Cultural Subclass | CSC01 | 7.A |
| Cultural Subformation | CSF05 Forest Plantation Cultural Subformation | CSF05 | 7.A.2.1 |
| Cultural Subgroup | CSG005 Eastern North American Temperate Forest Plantation Cultural Subgroup | CSG005 | 7.A.2.1.2.a |
| Cultural Subtype | CST008436 Pitch Pine Forest Plantation | CST008436 | 7.A.2.1.2.a.4 |
| Cultural Type | CTY012 Native Southern Pine Plantation Cultural Type | CTY012 | 7.A.2.1.2.a.4 |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: < Pitch Pine: 45 (Eyre 1980)
- Eyre, F. H., editor. 1980. Forest cover types of the United States and Canada. Society of American Foresters, Washington, DC. 148 pp.
- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.