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A.395 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.395
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: This alliance includes mixed ~Pinus echinata - Quercus$ spp. forests of the low mountains in the Blue Ridge/Piedmont transition, extending into the southern Ridge and Valley and Cumberland Plateau of the southeastern United States. ~Pinus echinata$ and some combination of the nominal oaks (~Quercus coccinea, Quercus prinus$) are dominant. Associated species include ~Quercus falcata, Quercus stellata, Quercus marilandica, Carya pallida, Oxydendrum arboreum$, and ~Cornus florida$ in the canopy and subcanopy. ~Pinus virginiana$ may also be a component. ~Gaylussacia baccata, Gaylussacia ursina, Vaccinium pallidum, Vaccinium stamineum$, and ~Kalmia latifolia$ are typical shrubs. Herbaceous species that are common to these forests include ~Chimaphila maculata, Iris verna, Pteridium aquilinum var. latiusculum, Silphium compositum, Smilax glauca, Goodyera pubescens, Schizachyrium scoparium, Dichanthelium dichotomum$, and ~Danthonia sericea$. These forests occur on exposed, rocky ridges and upper, convex slopes, as well as more protected sites. Species composition varies with bedrock geology and exposure. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.2064.A395
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Mar-2005
     
  • status: accepted
  • Community's Parent: I.C.3.N.a
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: PINUS ECHINATA - QUERCUS (COCCINEA, PRINUS) FOREST ALLIANCE
  Code: A.395
  Common: Shortleaf Pine - (Scarlet Oak, Rock Chestnut Oak) Forest Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Pinus echinata - Quercus (coccinea, prinus) Forest Alliance