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Pinus rigida / Quercus ilicifolia / Piptatherum pungens Woodland | Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Pinus rigida / Quercus ilicifolia / Piptatherum pungens Woodland Reference: Eastern Ecology Working Group of... Description: This northernmost pitch pine - scrub oak barren community occurs on flat glacial outwash plains. Soils are typically sandy, well-drained and nutrient poor. A local history of fire is essential to the maintenance of the community. An open canopy, 30-70%, of Pinus rigida over a dense, patchy, tall-shrub layer (25-95%) of Quercus ilicifolia forms the characteristic structure of this community. In places the canopy may also contain Quercus rubra, Pinus strobus, Betula populifolia and occasionally Picea rubens or Abies balsamea. A short-shrub layer of Vaccinium angustifolium, Comptonia peregrina, Pteridium aquilinum and Gaultheria procumbens is usually present. Herbaceous species are scattered and generally more dense where the scrub oak is discontinuous. Characteristic herbs include Piptatherum pungens (= Oryzopsis pungens), Oryzopsis asperifolia, Carex lucorum, Schizachyrium scoparium, Sibbaldiopsis tridentata and Danthonia spicata. Occasional species include Vaccinium myrtilloides, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, Comandra umbellata and Corylus sp. An interesting variant of this community containing Pinus resinosa in the canopy occurs on eskers and outwash plains in New Hampshire.  Accession Code: VB.CC.21782.PINUSRIGIDAQUER Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Nov-2014
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Pinus rigida Woodland Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Translated: Pitch Pine / Bear Oak / Slender Mountain Ricegrass Woodland   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685733 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL006203   Scientific: Pinus rigida / Quercus ilicifolia / Piptatherum pungens Woodland   Common: Northern Pitch Pine / Scrub Oak Barren (convergence) and Synonyms: (undetermined) Pinus rigida / Quercus ilicifolia / Piptatherum pungens Woodland