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CEGL003659 (Pinus palustris, Pinus serotina) / Ctenium aromaticum - Muhlenbergia expansa - Calamovilfa brevipilis Woodland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: (Longleaf Pine, Pond Pine) / Toothache Grass - Cutover Muhly - Pine Barren Sandreed Woodland
Colloquial Name: Sandhill/Pocosin Ecotone
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This community occurs in narrow bands between various sandhill communities and streamhead pocosins, in the Fall-line Sandhills of North Carolina and South Carolina. In floristic composition it typically resembles Outer Coastal Plain savannas and flatwoods, but lacks some of the Outer Coastal Plain species, and has some species (often from the adjacent sandhill and streamhead pocosins) not present in Outer Coastal Plain savannas and flatwoods. The fire dynamics of this community are also different, since it occurs in narrow bands between peaty wetlands and xeric sandhills, rather than in large, flat expanses. Many of the plant species in this community occur in no other community in the landscape. Species found in this association which are more prevalent in this community than in Outer Coastal Plain savannas and flatwoods include Oxydendrum arboreum, Calamovilfa brevipilis, Chasmanthium laxum, Doellingeria sericocarpoides, Glyceria obtusa, and Hexastylis minor. Species more prevalent in Outer Coastal Plain savannas and flatwoods longleaf pine communities than in this one include Lysimachia loomisii, Pinguicula caerulea, Pinguicula caerulea, Pinguicula pumila, Dionaea muscipula, Pyxidanthera barbulata, Arnoglossum ovatum, Cirsium horridulum, Carphephorus odoratissimus, Pterocaulon pycnostachyum, Bigelowia nudata ssp. nudata, Helianthus heterophyllus, Balduina uniflora, Coreopsis falcata, Helenium pinnatifidum, Helenium vernale, Amphicarpum purshii, Paspalum praecox, Anthaenantia rufa, Andropogon glaucopsis, Rhynchospora chapmanii, Rhynchospora latifolia, Pleea tenuifolia, Lilium catesbaei ssp. catesbaei, Platanthera nivea, Platanthera integra, Sarracenia minor, Drosera brevifolia, Polygala brevifolia, and Polygala hookeri.
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
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: Species more prevalent in this community than in Outer Coastal Plain savannas and flatwoods include Oxydendrum arboreum, Calamovilfa brevipilis, Chasmanthium laxum, Doellingeria sericocarpoides (= Aster sericocarpoides), Glyceria obtusa, and Hexastylis minor. Species found in this association which are more prevalent in Outer Coastal Plain savannas and flatwoods longleaf pine communities include Lysimachia loomisii, Pinguicula caerulea, Pinguicula caerulea, Pinguicula pumila, Dionaea muscipula, Pyxidanthera barbulata, Arnoglossum ovatum, Cirsium horridulum, Carphephorus odoratissimus, Pterocaulon pycnostachyum, Bigelowia nudata ssp. nudata, Helianthus heterophyllus, Balduina uniflora, Coreopsis falcata, Helenium pinnatifidum, Helenium vernale, Amphicarpum purshii, Paspalum praecox, Anthaenantia rufa, Andropogon glaucopsis, Rhynchospora chapmanii, Rhynchospora latifolia, Pleea tenuifolia, Lilium catesbaei ssp. catesbaei, Platanthera nivea, Platanthera integra, Sarracenia minor, Drosera brevifolia, Polygala brevifolia, and Polygala hookeri.
Dynamics: The fire dynamics of this community are also different from those of the adjacent sandhill and streamhead pocosins, since it occurs in narrow bands between peaty wetlands and xeric sandhills, rather than in large, flat expanses. Many of the plant species in this community occur in no other community in the landscape. Fire exclusion or reduction in frequency results in rapid "scrubbing-up" of this community, resulting in declines in species richness through the loss of many herbaceous components.
Environmental Description: This saturated longleaf pine - pond pine woodland association is found only in narrow bands between various sandhill communities and streamhead pocosins, and is restricted to the Fall-line Sandhills of North and South Carolina.
Geographic Range: This woodland association is restricted to the Fall-line Sandhills of North and South Carolina.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: NC, SC
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688936
Confidence Level: Moderate
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G2
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 | CEGL003659 (Longleaf Pine, Pond Pine) / Toothache Grass - Cutover Muhly - Pine Barren Sandreed Woodland | CEGL003659 | 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: No Data Available
- 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.