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CEGL004784 Morella cerifera - Prunus caroliniana - Zanthoxylum clava-herculis Shrubland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Wax-myrtle - Carolina Laurel Cherry - Hercules''-club Shrubland
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: These maritime shrublands of South Carolina and Georgia are dominated by Morella cerifera, Prunus caroliniana, and Zanthoxylum clava-herculis. This shrub vegetation occurs on the backside of maritime dunes.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: This sounds like the understory of maritime forest, possibly disturbed by hurricane killed overstory (M. Schafale pers. comm.). More information is available in the ACE data for Otter Island (South end).
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: No Data Available
Geographic Range: This maritime shrubland occurs in South Carolina and Georgia.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: GA, SC
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688526
Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G2?
Greasons: No Data Available
| Type | Name | Database Code | Classification Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class | 2 Shrub & Herb Vegetation Class | C02 | 2 |
| Subclass | 2.B Temperate & Boreal Grassland & Shrubland Subclass | S18 | 2.B |
| Formation | 2.B.4 Temperate to Polar Scrub & Herb Coastal Vegetation Formation | F005 | 2.B.4 |
| Division | 2.B.4.Na Eastern North American Coastal Scrub & Herb Vegetation Division | D026 | 2.B.4.Na |
| Macrogroup | 2.B.4.Na.2 American Beachgrass - Sea-oats - Seaside Goldenrod Dune & Grassland Macrogroup | M057 | 2.B.4.Na.2 |
| Group | 2.B.4.Na.2.a Wax-myrtle - Sea-oats - Shore Little Bluestem Dune & Grassland Group | G494 | 2.B.4.Na.2.a |
| Alliance | A3690 Live Oak - Yaupon - Wax-myrtle Shrubland Alliance | A3690 | 2.B.4.Na.2.a |
| Association | CEGL004784 Wax-myrtle - Carolina Laurel Cherry - Hercules''-club Shrubland | CEGL004784 | 2.B.4.Na.2.a |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Morella cerifera - Prunus caroliniana - Zanthoxylum clava-herculis Shrubland (McManamay et al. 2012b)
- GNHP [Georgia Natural Heritage Program]. 2018. Unpublished data. Georgia Natural Heritage Program, Wildlife Resources Division, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Social Circle.
- McManamay, R. H, A.C. Curtis, and S.C. Heath. 2013b. Vegetation mapping at Fort Pulaski National Monument. Natural Resource Report NPS/SECN/NRR--2013/718. National Park Service, Fort Collins, CO. 180 pp.
- McManamay, R. H. 2017a. Vegetation mapping at Cumberland Island National Seashore. Natural Resource Report NPS/SECN/NRR--2017/1511. National Park Service, Fort Collins, CO. 422 pp.
- McManamay, R. H., A. C. Curtis, and S. L. Corbett. 2012b. Vegetation mapping at Fort Sumter National Monument. Natural Resource Data Series NPS/SECN/NRR--2012/320. National Park Service, Fort Collins, CO. 178 pp.
- Schafale, Mike P. Personal communication. Ecologist, North Carolina Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Recreation, Natural Heritage Program, Raleigh.
- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.