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CEGL003661 Pinus palustris - Pinus serotina / Pleea tenuifolia - Aristida stricta Woodland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Longleaf Pine - Pond Pine / Rush-featherling - Pineland Three-awn Woodland
Colloquial Name: Longleaf Pine Savanna (Wet Pleea Flat Type)
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This saturated longleaf pine - pond pine woodland association is only found on wet flats of the Atlantic Coastal Plain of North Carolina. Stands are dominated by Pinus palustris and Pinus serotina. The herbaceous layer is characterized by the presence or partial dominance of Aristida stricta and Pleea tenuifolia.
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
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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 herbaceous layer is characterized by the presence or partial dominance of Aristida stricta and Pleea tenuifolia.
Dynamics: This vegetation type depends on frequent to infrequent, variable-intensity, growing-season fires to control understory vegetation and for the reproduction of Pinus palustris and Pinus serotina.
Environmental Description: This saturated longleaf pine - pond pine woodland association is only found on wet flats of the Atlantic Coastal Plain of North Carolina.
Geographic Range: This saturated longleaf pine - pond pine woodland association is only found on wet flats of the Atlantic Coastal Plain of North Carolina.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: NC
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688406
Confidence Level: Moderate
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.e Longleaf Pine / Inkberry - Saw Palmetto Woodland Group | G596 | 1.B.1.Na.1.e |
| Alliance | A3161 Longleaf Pine / Creeping Blueberry / Pineland Three-awn Woodland Alliance | A3161 | 1.B.1.Na.1.e |
| Association | CEGL003661 Longleaf Pine - Pond Pine / Rush-featherling - Pineland Three-awn Woodland | CEGL003661 | 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: ? Pine Savanna, Wet Pleea Flat Variant (Schafale 1994)
- 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.