Name:
Pinus echinata - Quercus stellata - Quercus marilandica / Vaccinium pallidum Woodland
Reference:
Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description:
This shortleaf pine - oak woodland is known from low elevations in the Southern Blue Ridge Escarpment region, and probably extends into the adjacent southern Ridge and Valley, Cumberland Plateau, and Piedmont. This association is a woodland where Pinus echinata, Quercus stellata, and Quercus marilandica occur in the canopy, each contributing 25-75% to the total canopy coverage. Other species make up less than 25% of the total canopy cover and may include Quercus falcata, Quercus coccinea, Carya pallida, Pinus rigida, and Pinus virginiana. Shrub strata vary in composition and density, but Vaccinium pallidum and other ericaceous species such as Vaccinium stamineum, Gaylussacia ursina, Gaylussacia baccata, and Kalmia latifolia are typical. Herbs found in these woodlands include Baptisia tinctoria, Chamaecrista fasciculata (= Cassia fasciculata), Chamaecrista nictitans (= Cassia nictitans), Ceanothus americanus, Chrysopsis mariana, Clitoria mariana, Coreopsis tripteris, Crotalaria sagittalis, Desmodium rotundifolium, Saccharum giganteum, Euphorbia corollata, Helianthus atrorubens, Helianthus microcephalus, Pityopsis aspera var. adenolepis, Polygala verticillata, Rudbeckia hirta, Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium, Mimosa microphylla (= Schrankia microphylla), Silphium compositum, Sorghastrum nutans, Stylosanthes biflora, and Tephrosia virginiana.
Accession Code:
VB.CC.23970.PINUSECHINATAQU
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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