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CEGL004497 Pinus palustris - Pinus elliottii / Styrax americanus / Sporobolus floridanus Woodland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Longleaf Pine - Slash Pine / American Snowbell / Florida Dropseed Woodland
Colloquial Name: Longleaf Pine - Slash Pine Wet Swale Woodland
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This saturated longleaf pine - slash pine woodland community occurs in pineland swales and is restricted in distribution to the Atlantic Coastal Plain from South Carolina and Georgia. Stands are dominated by Pinus palustris and Pinus elliottii var. elliottii. The shrub and herb layers are respectively characterized by the presence or partial dominance of Styrax americanus and Sporobolus floridanus. Additional description to be added from North Carolina Vegetation Survey data.
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 - slash pine woodland are dominated by Pinus palustris and Pinus elliottii var. elliottii. The shrub and herb layers are respectively characterized by the presence or partial dominance of Styrax americanus (= var. pulverulentus) and Sporobolus floridanus.
Dynamics: Its maintenance depends on frequent, low-intensity, growing-season fires to control understory vegetation and for the reproduction of Pinus palustris.
Environmental Description: This saturated longleaf pine - slash pine woodland community occurs in pineland swales and is restricted in distribution to the Atlantic Coastal Plain from South Carolina and Georgia.
Geographic Range: This woodland community is restricted to the Atlantic Coastal Plain from South Carolina and Georgia.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: GA, SC
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688924
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 | CEGL004497 Longleaf Pine - Slash Pine / American Snowbell / Florida Dropseed Woodland | CEGL004497 | 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: < IIB1c. Wet Longleaf Pine - Slash Pine Flatwoods (Allard 1990)
- 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.
- GNHP [Georgia Natural Heritage Program]. 2018. Unpublished data. Georgia Natural Heritage Program, Wildlife Resources Division, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Social Circle.
- 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.
- North Carolina Vegetation Survey. No date. Unpublished data.
- Peet, R. K., T. R. Wentworth, M. P. Schafale, and A.S. Weakley. No date. Unpublished data of the North Carolina Vegetation Survey. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.