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A.408 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.408
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: This alliance includes xeric forests with mixed evergreen/deciduous canopies composed primarily of ~Pinus virginiana$ co-occurring with ~Quercus coccinea$ and/or ~Quercus prinus$. These forests often have ericaceous shrub strata, with ~Vaccinium$ spp. and ~Kalmia latifolia$ typical. This alliance includes both forests resulting from disturbance and forests maintained by harsh environmental conditions, including dry shale substrates and shallow rocky soils. Forests in this alliance occur on upper slopes and ridges of the Southern Blue Ridge (below 3000 feet), Ridge and Valley, Cumberland Plateau, and Piedmont. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.2074.A408
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 VIRGINIANA - QUERCUS (COCCINEA, PRINUS) FOREST ALLIANCE
  Code: A.408
  Common: Virginia Pine - (Scarlet Oak, Rock Chestnut Oak) Forest Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Pinus virginiana - Quercus (coccinea, prinus) Forest Alliance