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Pinus strobus - (Pinus resinosa) Driftless Bluff Forest | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Pinus strobus - (Pinus resinosa) Driftless Bluff Forest Reference: Midwestern Ecology Working Group... Description: This pine bluff forest occurs on steep sandstone or, rarely, limestone bluffs in the Driftless Area of the upper midwestern United States. Stands occur in small patches 0.1-2 ha in size. The soils are shallow, poorly developed, and often acidic. Runoff and leaching are severe due to the slope and the porous nature of the bedrock. Pinus strobus typically dominates the overstory, with Pinus resinosa and Tsuga canadensis either present or locally dominant. Other hardwood associates include Betula papyrifera, Populus tremuloides, Quercus alba, Quercus velutina, Ostrya virginiana. The composition of the understory is variable but typically contains herbs and shrubs with more northerly distributions, such as Diervilla lonicera, Vaccinium myrtilloides, Eurybia macrophylla (= Aster macrophyllus), Chimaphila umbellata, Gaultheria procumbens, Lycopodium obscurum, Mitchella repens, Pyrola americana (= Pyrola rotundifolia), and Trientalis borealis, as well as some prairie species, including Amorpha canescens, Coreopsis palmata, and Dodecatheon meadia. This community is a relict, thought to have existed in the Driftless Area since at least the Wisconsin glaciation.  Accession Code: VB.CC.22360.PINUSSTROBUSPIN 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 strobus Forest Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Translated: Eastern White Pine - (Red Pine) Driftless Bluff Forest   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686787 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL002378   Scientific: Pinus strobus - (Pinus resinosa) Driftless Bluff Forest   Common: White Pine - (Red Pine) Driftless Bluff Forest (convergence) and Synonyms: (undetermined) Pinus strobus - (Pinus resinosa) Driftless Bluff Forest