Login | Datasets | Logout
 

View Community Concepts - Detail

Pinus rigida / Gaylussacia baccata - Kalmia angustifolia Woodland | Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
  click to update datacart
Name: Pinus rigida / Gaylussacia baccata - Kalmia angustifolia Woodland
Reference: Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
Description: Pitch pine lowland of New Jersey characterized by 'subhydric' conditions. Soils are saturated sands, but the water table is below the soil surface in most cases. Pinus rigida forms an open canopy, with a well-developed shrub layer of Gaylussacia baccata, Gaylussacia frondosa, Kalmia angustifolia, with other less frequent associates such as Ilex glabra, Lyonia mariana, Vaccinium corymbosum, Leiophyllum buxifolium. The ground cover is characterized by Pteridium aquilinum, Pyxidanthera barbulata, Xerophyllum asphodeloides, Calamovilfa brevipilis, Schizachyrium scoparium. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.20112.PINUSRIGIDAGAYL
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 05-May-1998 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Translated: Pitch Pine / Black Huckleberry - Sheep Laurel Woodland
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684840 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL006387
  Scientific: Pinus rigida / Gaylussacia baccata - Kalmia angustifolia Woodland
  Common: Pitch Pine Subhydric Lowland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Pinus rigida / Gaylussacia baccata - Kalmia angustifolia Woodland