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Pinus echinata - Quercus alba / Vaccinium pallidum / Hexastylis arifolia - Chimaphila maculata Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Pinus echinata - Quercus alba / Vaccinium pallidum / Hexastylis arifolia - Chimaphila maculata Forest Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro... Description: This association includes forests dominated by a mixture of Pinus echinata and mesophytic and dry-mesophytic oaks (e.g., Quercus alba, Quercus rubra, Quercus velutina) occurring in the Piedmont of the southeastern United States, ranging north and west through the Southern Ridge and Valley, Cumberland Plateau, low-elevation Southern Blue Ridge, and upper Piedmont. These forests occur on low to middle slope positions, on protected to intermediately exposed sites. The mixed evergreen - deciduous canopy is dominated by Pinus echinata and Quercus alba, sometimes with high coverage of other Quercus spp. (Quercus velutina, Quercus coccinea, Quercus falcata, Quercus rubra). Xerophytic Quercus spp. such as Quercus prinus, Quercus stellata, as well as other species of pines, may be present but are typically not abundant. A well-developed subcanopy is typical, with species such as Acer rubrum, Nyssa sylvatica, Carya glabra, Cornus florida, and Oxydendrum arboreum. The shrub stratum is sparse to patchy with low shrubs (Vaccinium pallidum, Vaccinium stamineum, Vaccinium arboreum, Chimaphila maculata) and vines (Vitis rotundifolia). The herb stratum is patchy to absent. Hexastylis arifolia is a typical herb. Stands without fire management may experience invasion by Acer rubrum. Piptochaetium avenaceum may be an important grass in more open stands.  Accession Code: VB.CC.22738.PINUSECHINATAQU Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 12-Jun-2000 to: 17-Nov-2014
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Pinus echinata - Quercus (alba, falcata, stellata, velutina) Forest Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686840 NatureServe Explorer   Translated: Shortleaf Pine - White Oak / Hillside Blueberry / Arrowleaf Heartleaf - Striped Wintergreen Forest   Code: CEGL008427   Scientific: Pinus echinata - Quercus alba / Vaccinium pallidum / Hexastylis arifolia - Chimaphila maculata Forest   Common: Appalachian Shortleaf Pine - Mesic Oak Forest (convergence) and Synonyms: (undetermined) Pinus echinata - Quercus alba / Vaccinium pallidum / Hexastylis arifolia - Chimaphila maculata Forest