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A.574 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.574
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: This alliance includes saturated, often open-canopied stands dominated by ~Pinus elliottii var. elliottii$ (within its natural range from the Florida parishes of Louisiana to South Carolina), which are sometimes codominated by ~Pinus palustris$ or ~Pinus serotina$ (within its natural range). Associations most often occur in `flatwoods' sites of the Outer Coastal Plain, but may also be found near coastal areas with maritime influence and in dune swales and interdune flats on older, well-stabilized portions of barrier islands. This alliance includes both natural wet ~Pinus elliottii$ woodlands, as well as those originally dominated by ~Pinus palustris$ into which ~Pinus elliottii$ has invaded and become dominant, as a result of fire suppression and/or the removal and subsequent reproductive failure of ~Pinus palustris$. Within its range, ~Sabal palmetto$ may be present in the canopy, as may be ~Pinus serotina$. The shrub stratum may include ~Cliftonia monophylla, Cyrilla racemiflora, Ilex glabra, Lyonia ferruginea$, and/or ~Ilex myrtifolia$. Some associations contain ~Serenoa repens$. Shrubs will be sparse and open with appropriate fire management, and will be denser in more fire-suppressed examples. Where growing-season fires are frequent, examples should have a well-developed herbaceous layer with dominant or abundant graminoids such as ~Aristida beyrichiana, Ctenium aromaticum, Dichanthelium longiligulatum, Sporobolus$ spp., and/or ~Rhynchospora$ spp. Pitcherplants (~Sarracenia$ spp.) are also found in several associations. The structure and composition varies with fire frequency. Frequently burned sites exhibit a patchy shrub stratum and may have a dense graminoid herbaceous layer; examples that have not burned for more than five years will tend to exhibit a denser canopy and shrub stratum and little herbaceous cover. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.2218.A574
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: II.A.4.N.f
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: PINUS ELLIOTTII SATURATED TEMPERATE WOODLAND ALLIANCE
  Code: A.574
  Common: Slash Pine Saturated Temperate Woodland Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Pinus elliottii Saturated Temperate Woodland Alliance