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CEGL003653 Pinus palustris / Serenoa repens - Ilex glabra Woodland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Longleaf Pine / Saw Palmetto - Inkberry Woodland
Colloquial Name: Longleaf Pine / Saw Palmetto Flatwoods
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This broadly defined community is a moderately to poorly drained longleaf flatwoods community, widespread in Florida, and extending north through Georgia to southeastern South Carolina, and probably west to southern Alabama and southern Mississippi. Pinus palustris dominates the open to fairly dense canopy. The shrub layer is characteristically dense, with Serenoa repens and Ilex glabra usually dominating; other shrubs include Lyonia fruticosa, Lyonia lucida, Vaccinium myrsinites, Gaylussacia mosieri, and Morella cerifera. The herb layer is poorly developed in this association, but patches of herbaceous cover may occur and are often dominated by Aristida beyrichiana. This community generally occurs on Spodosols; a spodic horizon is associated with seasonally saturated conditions.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: This community is related to ~Pinus elliottii / Serenoa repens - Ilex glabra Woodland (CEGL003643)$$, which has a similar shrub and herbaceous flora but is dominated by Pinus elliottii var. elliottii. There is a lack of consensus on whether they should be combined.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
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Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: Pinus palustris dominates the open to fairly dense canopy. The shrub layer is characteristically dense, with Serenoa repens and Ilex glabra usually dominating; other shrubs include Lyonia fruticosa, Lyonia lucida, Vaccinium myrsinites, Vaccinium darrowii, Gaylussacia dumosa, Gaylussacia mosieri, and Morella cerifera (= Myrica cerifera). The herb layer is poorly developed in this association, but patches of herbaceous cover may occur and are often dominated by Aristida beyrichiana. At Bradwell Bay, on the Apalachicola National Forest, Sporobolus floridanus, Andropogon arctatus, Xyris ambigua, Xyris spp., and Ctenium aromaticum were also important graminoids.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This broadly defined community is a moderately to poorly drained, longleaf pine flatwoods community, widespread in Florida, and extending north through Georgia to southeastern South Carolina, and probably west to southern Alabama and southern Mississippi. This community generally occurs on Spodosols; a spodic horizon is associated with seasonally saturated conditions.
Geographic Range: This community is widespread in Florida, and extends north through Georgia to southeastern South Carolina, and probably west to southern Alabama and southern Mississippi.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: AL, FL, GA, MS?, SC
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687545
Confidence Level: Moderate
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G2G3
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.e Longleaf Pine / Inkberry - Saw Palmetto Woodland Group | G596 | 1.B.1.Na.1.e |
| Alliance | A3160 Longleaf Pine / Saw Palmetto / Beyrich''s Three-awn Woodland Alliance | A3160 | 1.B.1.Na.1.e |
| Association | CEGL003653 Longleaf Pine / Saw Palmetto - Inkberry Woodland | CEGL003653 | 1.B.1.Na.1.e |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: < North Florida Mesic Flatwood (Carr et al. 2010)
- Carr, S. C., K. M. Robertson, and R. K. Peet. 2010. A vegetation classification of fire-dependent pinelands of Florida. Castanea 75(2):153-189.
- FNAI [Florida Natural Areas Inventory]. 2010a. Guide to the natural communities of Florida: 2010 edition. Florida Natural Areas Inventory, Tallahassee, FL. 228 pp. [https://fnai.org/naturalcommguide.cfm]
- GNHP [Georgia Natural Heritage Program]. 2018. Unpublished data. Georgia Natural Heritage Program, Wildlife Resources Division, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Social Circle.
- NatureServe Ecology - Southeastern United States. No date. Unpublished data. NatureServe, Durham, NC.
- 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.
- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.