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Pinus palustris / Quercus incana / Schizachyrium scoparium - Liatris elegans - Opuntia humifusa var. humifusa Woodland | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Pinus palustris / Quercus incana / Schizachyrium scoparium - Liatris elegans - Opuntia humifusa var. humifusa Woodland
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This community occurs on fine-sandy stream terraces in the West Gulf Coastal Plain of Louisiana and Texas. The open canopy is dominated by Pinus palustris, although examples in eastern Texas may also include Pinus echinata or Pinus taeda. The subcanopy includes scattered Quercus incana, Quercus stellata, and Quercus marilandica, with Quercus margarettiae also present in Texas examples. Shrubs include Sassafras albidum, Erythrina herbacea and Yucca louisianensis. Herbs include Schizachyrium scoparium, Liatris elegans, Opuntia humifusa, Palafoxia texana var. ambigua, Gaillardia aestivalis, Tridens carolinianus, Pityopsis graminifolia, Monarda punctata, Chrysopsis mariana, and Tetragonotheca ludoviciana. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.21528.PINUSPALUSTRISQ
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 01-Jan-1996 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Translated: Longleaf Pine / Bluejack Oak / Little Bluestem - Elegant Blazingstar - Eastern Prickly-pear Woodland
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685092 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL003580
  Scientific: Pinus palustris / Quercus incana / Schizachyrium scoparium - Liatris elegans - Opuntia humifusa var. humifusa Woodland
  Common: Western Upland Longleaf Pine Forest (Stream Terrace Sandy Woodland Type)
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Pinus palustris / Quercus incana / Schizachyrium scoparium - Liatris elegans - Opuntia humifusa var. humifusa Woodland