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A.402 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.402
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: This alliance includes dry pine - oak forests dominated by ~Pinus strobus$ occurring with ~Quercus coccinea$ and/or ~Quercus prinus$. Typical species in the subcanopy are ~Oxydendrum arboreum, Acer rubrum var. rubrum, Nyssa sylvatica$, and ~Cornus florida$. These forests often have dense ericaceous shrub strata with species such as ~Rhododendron maximum, Kalmia latifolia, Vaccinium$ spp., or ~Gaylussacia$ spp. Herbaceous strata have low species richness and are composed of species typical of dry montane forests, such as ~Galax urceolata, Viola hastata, Chimaphila maculata, Goodyera pubescens, Epigaea repens, Smilax glauca, Smilax rotundifolia$, and ~Chamaelirium luteum$. These forests occur on dry topographic settings at low elevations (below 3000 feet) in the Blue Ridge escarpment region, on upper slopes and ridgetops. In the Ridge and Valley of Virginia, these forests are known from north-facing slopes over shale substrates and on lower to middle elevation knobs and side ridges. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.2070.A402
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 STROBUS - QUERCUS (COCCINEA, PRINUS) FOREST ALLIANCE
  Code: A.402
  Common: Eastern White Pine - (Scarlet Oak, Rock Chestnut Oak) Forest Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Pinus strobus - Quercus (coccinea, prinus) Forest Alliance