Login | Datasets | Logout
 

View Community Concepts - Detail

Pinus strobus / Kalmia latifolia - (Vaccinium stamineum, Gaylussacia ursina) Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
  click to update datacart
Name: Pinus strobus / Kalmia latifolia - (Vaccinium stamineum, Gaylussacia ursina) Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This association includes natural stands of forest vegetation with a canopy dominated by Pinus strobus. This community occurs at lower elevations (below 900 m) in the Southern Blue Ridge region of the southern Appalachians on upper slopes and ridgetops protected by higher landforms. Other minor canopy species may include Pinus rigida, Quercus coccinea, and Acer rubrum. These forests often have open subcanopies composed of Oxydendrum arboreum, Acer rubrum, Nyssa sylvatica, and Cornus florida. The shrub stratum is patchy to continuous and dominated by ericaceous species, typically Gaylussacia ursina, or Vaccinium stamineum, and Kalmia latifolia. Other common species in the shrub/sapling stratum may include Gaylussacia baccata, Vaccinium pallidum, Acer rubrum, and Castanea dentata. Typical herbaceous species include Galax urceolata, Chimaphila maculata, Goodyera pubescens, Epigaea repens, Medeola virginiana, Lysimachia quadrifolia, Uvularia puberula, and Chamaelirium luteum. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.20258.PINUSSTROBUSKAL
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 01-Aug-1994 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Translated: Eastern White Pine / Mountain Laurel - (Deerberry, Bear Huckleberry) Forest
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684257 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL007100
  Scientific: Pinus strobus / Kalmia latifolia - (Vaccinium stamineum, Gaylussacia ursina) Forest
  Common: Southern Appalachian White Pine Forest
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Pinus strobus / Kalmia latifolia - (Vaccinium stamineum, Gaylussacia ursina) Forest