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Pinus echinata / Schizachyrium scoparium Appalachian Woodland | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Pinus echinata / Schizachyrium scoparium Appalachian Woodland
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: These fire-maintained, shortleaf pine woodlands occurred historically in the Appalachian regions of Alabama, north through Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, and possibly Virginia, on dry ridges and slopes or rock outcrops. Almost no intact examples are known to persist, although restoration efforts are underway in the Daniel Boone National Forest, Kentucky, the Chattahoochee National Forest, Georgia, and in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee. Stands of these woodlands are dominated by Pinus echinata, with less than 25% cover by Quercus spp. They may contain an admixture of Pinus virginiana or Pinus rigida. The canopy can range from an open forest to woodland structure. The understory is open and dominated by graminoids and forbs. This community historically provided habitat for montane populations of Red-cockaded Woodpecker (Picoides borealis). More information is needed to characterize and distinguish this community. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.20270.PINUSECHINATASC
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Translated: Shortleaf Pine / Little Bluestem Appalachian Woodland
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684270 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL003560
  Scientific: Pinus echinata / Schizachyrium scoparium Appalachian Woodland
  Common: Shortleaf Pine / Little Bluestem Appalachian Woodland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Pinus echinata / Schizachyrium scoparium Appalachian Woodland