Name:
Pinus serotina Saturated Woodland Alliance
Reference:
Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description:
Saturated woodlands dominated by Pinus serotina, often termed pocosins or pond pine woodlands. Soils are generally peats or organic-rich coarse sands. The canopy coverage of individual stands tends to vary in space and time from sparse woodland (less than 25% canopy cover), through woodland (25-60% canopy cover), to forest (more than 60% canopy cover). The average expression of most of these communities (under a 'normal' fire regime) is that of a woodland. Shrub densities can also be highly variable, with cover from 100% to less than 50%. Some common and typical shrubs (variable from association to association) include Photinia pyrifolia (= Aronia arbutifolia), Clethra alnifolia, Cyrilla racemiflora, Gaylussacia frondosa (= var. frondosa), Ilex coriacea, Ilex glabra, Kalmia carolina, Kalmia cuneata, Leucothoe racemosa, Lyonia ligustrina var. foliosiflora, Lyonia lucida, Morella cerifera (= Myrica cerifera var. cerifera), Morella caroliniensis (= Myrica heterophylla), Persea palustris, Smilax laurifolia, Toxicodendron vernix, Vaccinium formosum, and Viburnum nudum var. nudum. The bay species, Gordonia lasianthus, Persea palustris, and Magnolia virginiana, are present in most examples, and Gordonia lasianthus is a codominant canopy species in some associations. This alliance can cover very large areas in Outer Coastal Plain peat domes and large peat-filled Carolina bays of southeastern Virginia, eastern North Carolina, and northeastern South Carolina, where it forms the landscape matrix in unbroken blocks of up to 100 square miles. In other landscapes, such as the Fall-line Sandhills of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, it occurs as relatively narrow bands along streams.
Accession Code:
VB.CC.19269.PINUSSEROTINASA
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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