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Pinus echinata - Quercus (coccinea, prinus) Forest Alliance | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Pinus echinata - Quercus (coccinea, prinus) Forest Alliance
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This alliance includes mixed Pinus echinata - Quercus spp. forests of the low mountains in the Blue Ridge/Piedmont transition, extending into the southern Ridge and Valley and Cumberland Plateau of the southeastern United States. Pinus echinata and some combination of the nominal oaks (Quercus coccinea, Quercus prinus) are dominant. Associated species include Quercus falcata, Quercus stellata, Quercus marilandica, Carya pallida, Oxydendrum arboreum, and Cornus florida in the canopy and subcanopy. Pinus virginiana may also be a component. Gaylussacia baccata, Gaylussacia ursina, Vaccinium pallidum, Vaccinium stamineum, and Kalmia latifolia are typical shrubs. Herbaceous species that are common to these forests include Chimaphila maculata, Iris verna, Pteridium aquilinum var. latiusculum, Silphium compositum, Smilax glauca, Goodyera pubescens, Schizachyrium scoparium, Dichanthelium dichotomum, and Danthonia sericea. These forests occur on exposed, rocky ridges and upper, convex slopes, as well as more protected sites. Species composition varies with bedrock geology and exposure. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.22039.PINUSECHINATAQU
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: Pinus echinata - Quercus (coccinea, prinus) Forest Alliance
  Translated: Shortleaf Pine - (Scarlet Oak, Rock Chestnut Oak) Forest Alliance
  UID: HIGHER_CLASS_UNIT.2.125955 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A.395