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CEGL004500 Pinus palustris - Pinus serotina / Magnolia virginiana / Sporobolus teretifolius - Carex striata Woodland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Longleaf Pine - Pond Pine / Sweetbay / Wireleaf Dropseed - Walter''s Sedge Woodland
Colloquial Name: Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain Very Wet Loamy Longleaf Pine Savanna
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This saturated longleaf pine - pond pine woodland community occurs in the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain of North Carolina. It is only found on the wettest loamy or silty soils. Stands are dominated by Pinus palustris and Pinus serotina. The shrub layer is characterized by the presence of Magnolia virginiana; the herbaceous stratum typically contains Sporobolus teretifolius and Carex striata.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: The environmental factors responsible for the occurrence of Very Wet Loamy Pine Savanna are not entirely clear. Their flora suggests they are wetter than Wet Loamy Pine Savanna, but most Wet Loamy Pine Savanna grade to pocosin communities without Very Wet Loamy Pine Savanna intervening. These communities are very rare, with a limited and patchy geographic range. They often, maybe always, have inclusions where soils are high in calcium and have a higher pH (5.5 to 7.2), but the majority of their soil is similar to other pine savannas (pH 3.8-4.1). This type was called the Very Wet Clay variant of Pine Savanna in Schafale and Weakley (1990), but soil samples in Carolina Vegetation Survey plots consisted mostly of silt. Clay content was never higher than 10%, and was not generally higher than in other loamy savannas (Schafale 2012).
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
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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 shrub layer is characterized by the presence of Magnolia virginiana. The herbaceous stratum is typically dominated by Ctenium aromaticum, Muhlenbergia expansa, Rhynchospora spp., Sporobolus teretifolius, and/or Carex striata. The grasses Aristida stricta and Sporobolus pinetorum are generally absent or scarce. Examples of this community are typically very high in species richness. Additional herbs include Allium sp. 1 (Weakley 2002), Carex lutea, Eryngium yuccifolium, Thalictrum cooleyi, and Zigadenus densus. In addition, Liriodendron tulipifera and Taxodium ascendens are generally present, at least in small numbers. Additional species of very wet, boggy sites, such as Eriocaulon decangulare, are also more likely present than in other pine savanna types (Schafale 2012).
Dynamics: Pinus palustris is often scarce or appears to have difficultly regenerating after logging (Schafale 2012).
Environmental Description: This saturated longleaf pine - pond pine woodland of the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain of North Carolina is only found on the wettest loamy or silty soils.
Geographic Range: This woodland community is apparently restricted to the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain of North Carolina.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: NC
Plot Analysis Summary:
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Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G1
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.f Longleaf Pine - Slash Pine - Pond Pine Open Woodland Group | G190 | 1.B.1.Na.1.f |
| Alliance | A3305 Longleaf Pine - Pond Pine Atlantic Coastal Plain Wet Open Woodland Alliance | A3305 | 1.B.1.Na.1.f |
| Association | CEGL004500 Longleaf Pine - Pond Pine / Sweetbay / Wireleaf Dropseed - Walter''s Sedge Woodland | CEGL004500 | 1.B.1.Na.1.f |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: < IIB1d. Atlantic Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna (Allard 1990)
< Pine Savanna, Very Wet Clay Variant (Schafale 1994)
< Pine Savanna, Very Wet Clay Variant (Schafale 1994)
- Allard, D. J. 1990. Southeastern United States ecological community classification. Interim report, Version 1.2. The Nature Conservancy, Southeast Regional Office, Chapel Hill, NC. 96 pp.
- 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.
- Weakley, A. S. 2002. Flora of the Carolinas and Virginia. Unpublished working draft of 2002. UNC Herbarium / North Carolina Botanical Garden, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.