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CEGL006388 Pinus rigida / Gaylussacia dumosa / Calamovilfa brevipilis Swamp Woodland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Pitch Pine / Dwarf Huckleberry / Pine Barren Sandreed Swamp Woodland
Colloquial Name: Pitch Pine / Reedgrass Savanna
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This pitch pine saturated woodland is currently known only from the New Jersey Pine Barrens. The community is characterized by an open canopy (10-50%) of Pinus rigida with a scattered shrub layer characterized by Gaylussacia dumosa, in association with Gaylussacia baccata, Kalmia angustifolia, Ilex glabra, Vaccinium corymbosum, and Chamaedaphne calyculata. Sphagnum mosses are common. The herbaceous is characterized by high cover of Calamovilfa brevipilis. Associated herbs are varied in cover and frequency, but may include Andropogon glomeratus, Gentiana autumnalis, Muhlenbergia torreyana, and Amphicarpum purshii. The rare lepidoptera Agrotis buchholzi, Photedes carterae, and Crambus daeckellus are associated with this community.
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: The community is characterized by an open canopy (10-50%) of Pinus rigida with a scattered shrub layer characterized by Gaylussacia dumosa, in association with Gaylussacia baccata, Kalmia angustifolia, Ilex glabra, Vaccinium corymbosum, and Chamaedaphne calyculata. Sphagnum mosses are common. The herbaceous is characterized by high cover of Calamovilfa brevipilis. Associated herbs are varied in cover and frequency, but may include Andropogon glomeratus, Gentiana autumnalis, Muhlenbergia torreyana, and Amphicarpum purshii.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: No Data Available
Geographic Range: This woodland is known to date only from the New Jersey Pine Barrens.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: NJ
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689833
Confidence Level: Low
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.3 Temperate Flooded & Swamp Forest Formation | F026 | 1.B.3 |
| Division | 1.B.3.Nb Southeastern North American Flooded & Swamp Forest Division | D062 | 1.B.3.Nb |
| Macrogroup | 1.B.3.Nb.3 Sweetbay - Swamp Bay - Pond Pine Swamp Forest Macrogroup | M032 | 1.B.3.Nb.3 |
| Group | 1.B.3.Nb.3.b Atlantic White-cedar - Pitch Pine Swamp Group | G039 | 1.B.3.Nb.3.b |
| Alliance | A0580 Pitch Pine Swamp Woodland Alliance | A0580 | 1.B.3.Nb.3.b |
| Association | CEGL006388 Pitch Pine / Dwarf Huckleberry / Pine Barren Sandreed Swamp Woodland | CEGL006388 | 1.B.3.Nb.3.b |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Pitch Pine - Reedgrass Savanna (PL4) (Windisch 2014a)
< Pitch Pine Lowland Forest (Breden 1989)
< Pitch Pine Lowland Forest (Breden 1989)
- Breden, T. F. 1989. A preliminary natural community classification for New Jersey. Pages 157-191 in: E. F. Karlin, editor. New Jersey''s rare and endangered plants and animals. Institute for Environmental Studies, Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ. 280 pp.
- Breden, T. F., Y. R. Alger, K. S. Walz, and A. G. Windisch. 2001. Classification of vegetation communities of New Jersey: Second iteration. Association for Biodiversity Information and New Jersey Natural Heritage Program, Office of Natural Lands Management, Division of Parks and Forestry, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Trenton.
- Eastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boston, MA.
- Windisch, A .G. 2014a. Pinelands ecological communities and higher level groups with crosswalk / proposed 2008 revisions to NVC. November 16, 2014 draft. New Jersey Natural Heritage Program, Trenton.
- Windisch, A. G. 1995b. Natural community inventory of Fort Dix, New Jersey. The Nature Conservancy report. New Jersey Natural Heritage Program, Office of Natural Lands Management. Trenton, NJ. 81 pp.