Name:
Quercus palustris / Panicum rigidulum var. rigidulum - Panicum verrucosum - Eleocharis acicularis Herbaceous Vegetation
Reference:
Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description:
This community occurs in seasonally flooded depression ponds developed by solution and collapse of carbonate rocks underlying acidic colluvial materials deposited on the eastern edge of the Great Valley of Virginia, in Augusta, Rockingham, and southern Page counties, Virginia. This community has a variable physiognomy, from an open woodland with scattered individuals or groves of Quercus palustris, to entirely herbaceous with a marginal zone of trees. Quercus palustris is the most common and characteristic tree species; other trees include Acer rubrum, Nyssa sylvatica, Pinus rigida, and Diospyros virginiana. The shrub (and woody vine) stratum is usually sparse or absent; it can include Vaccinium corymbosum, Vaccinium fuscatum, Cephalanthus occidentalis, and Smilax rotundifolia. The herb stratum is well-developed. Herbaceous species with high constancy include Panicum rigidulum var. rigidulum, Panicum verrucosum, Eleocharis acicularis, Agrostis perennans, Dichanthelium acuminatum, Hypericum boreale, Helenium virginicum (endemic to this and related communities in Virginia), Panicum philadelphicum, Bidens frondosa, Viola lanceolata, Erechtites hieraciifolia, Symphyotrichum dumosum (= Aster dumosus), Fimbristylis autumnalis, Rhexia mariana, and Rhexia virginica.
Accession Code:
VB.CC.20996.QUERCUSPALUSTRI
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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