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Pinus rigida - Quercus ilicifolia / Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Shrubland | Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Pinus rigida - Quercus ilicifolia / Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Shrubland
Reference: Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This dwarf pine plains community of Long Island, New York, is characterized by a canopy codominated by dwarfed pitch pine and scrub oak ranging in height from 1.2-2.4 m. The community occurs on coarse, xeric infertile sands of a nearly level outwash plain. The community is depauperate in vascular plants, with most of the biomass comprised of Pinus rigida, Quercus ilicifolia, Gaylussacia baccata, Vaccinium pallidum, Hudsonia ericoides, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, and Gaultheria procumbens. Lichens make up a substantial portion of the ground layer and include Cetraria arenaria, Cladina mitis, Cladina submitis, Cladina stellaris (= Cladonia alpestris), Cladonia cristatella, Punctelia rudecta (= Parmelia rudecta), Parmelia saxatilis, and Peltigera canina. Sandy openings often support Hudsonia ericoides, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, Gaultheria procumbens, as well as forbs such as Ionactis linariifolius, Polygonella articulata, and Hypericum gentianoides. This community is the favored nesting habitat for the prairie warbler and brown thrasher, and is prime habitat for the pine barrens buck moth. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.22720.PINUSRIGIDAQUER
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Code: CEGL006097
  Translated: Pitch Pine - Bear Oak / Kinikinnick Shrubland
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686569 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Scientific: Pinus rigida - Quercus ilicifolia / Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Shrubland
  Common: Northern Dwarf Pine Plains
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Pinus rigida - Quercus ilicifolia / Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Shrubland