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CEGL006381 Pinus rigida - Quercus coccinea / Vaccinium pallidum - (Morella pensylvanica) Woodland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Pitch Pine - Scarlet Oak / Blue Ridge Blueberry - (Northern Bayberry) Woodland
Colloquial Name: Pitch Pine - Scarlet Oak Woodland
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This vegetation is a matrix woodland type of the central Pine Barrens from Long Island, New York, north to Cape Cod, Massachusetts. It occurs on very well-drained sandy outwash or moraine deposits. The canopy is dominated by Pinus rigida plus the following oaks in variable proportions: Quercus coccinea, Quercus velutina, Quercus alba, and Quercus rubra and occasionally Quercus stellata. Tall shrubs such as Quercus ilicifolia can be sporadic to locally well-developed. Heaths tend to form a dense dwarf-shrub layer, especially Gaylussacia baccata, Vaccinium angustifolium, and Vaccinium pallidum. Morella pensylvanica can also commonly occur. The herb layer is often sparse and characterized by Pteridium aquilinum, Gaultheria procumbens, and Carex pensylvanica. This mixed conifer-deciduous woodland is a fire-dependent community with a proportion of canopy species dependent on the fire regime.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: Photinia
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: The canopy is dominated by Pinus rigida plus the following oaks in variable proportions: Quercus coccinea, Quercus velutina, Quercus alba, and Quercus rubra and occasionally Quercus stellata. Tall shrubs such as Quercus ilicifolia can be sporadic to locally well-developed. Heaths tend to form a dense dwarf-shrub layer, especially Gaylussacia baccata, Vaccinium angustifolium, and Vaccinium pallidum. Morella pensylvanica (= Myrica pensylvanica) can also commonly occur. The herb layer is often sparse and characterized by Pteridium aquilinum, Gaultheria procumbens, and Carex pensylvanica.
Dynamics: This mixed conifer-deciduous woodland is a fire-dependent community with a proportion of canopy species dependent on the fire regime.
Environmental Description: Matrix woodland type occurring on very well-drained sandy outwash or moraine deposits.
Geographic Range: This matrix forest type is found in coastal and adjacent inland areas from Massachusetts to Long Island, New York.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: CT, MA, NY, RI
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689535
Confidence Level: Low
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: GNR
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.2 Cool Temperate Forest & Woodland Formation | F008 | 1.B.2 |
| Division | 1.B.2.Na Eastern North American Forest & Woodland Division | D008 | 1.B.2.Na |
| Macrogroup | 1.B.2.Na.9 Pitch Pine - oak spp. - American Holly North Atlantic Forest Macrogroup | M525 | 1.B.2.Na.9 |
| Group | 1.B.2.Na.9.a Pitch Pine Barrens Group | G161 | 1.B.2.Na.9.a |
| Alliance | A4469 Pitch Pine Coastal Barrens Woodland Alliance | A4469 | 1.B.2.Na.9.a |
| Association | CEGL006381 Pitch Pine - Scarlet Oak / Blue Ridge Blueberry - (Northern Bayberry) Woodland | CEGL006381 | 1.B.2.Na.9.a |
Concept Lineage: The concept of CEGL006166 is covered by CEGL006116, CEGL006290 and CEGL006381.
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: ? CNE Mesic hardwood Forest on acidic bedrock / till (Rawinski 1984a)
? Maritime forest (Rawinski 1984a)
? Southern New England oak / pine forest on sandy / gravelly soils (Rawinski 1984a)
? Maritime forest (Rawinski 1984a)
? Southern New England oak / pine forest on sandy / gravelly soils (Rawinski 1984a)
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