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Pinus rigida - Quercus alba / Sporobolus heterolepis - Andropogon gerardii Woodland | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Pinus rigida - Quercus alba / Sporobolus heterolepis - Andropogon gerardii Woodland
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This community includes open woodland vegetation dominated by stunted Pinus rigida and Quercus alba, occurring over a cespitose graminoid-dominated understory with little shrub cover. Although the relative basal area for the two canopy species is the same, Pinus rigida is twice as dense as Quercus alba. Other canopy and subcanopy trees may include Tsuga canadensis, Acer rubrum, and Oxydendrum arboreum. The dense herbaceous stratum is dominated by Andropogon gerardii, Sporobolus heterolepis, and Schizachyrium scoparium. Common forbs include Packera plattensis (= Senecio plattensis), Hexastylis arifolia var. ruthii, and Thalictrum macrostylum. This community occurs on shallow, rocky soils associated with outcrops of serpentinized olivine in the Southern Blue Ridge. It is a unique community with a restricted range and few known occurrences. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.24076.PINUSRIGIDAQUER
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 01-Dec-1994 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Translated: Pitch Pine - White Oak / Prairie Dropseed - Big Bluestem Woodland
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687946 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL003768
  Scientific: Pinus rigida - Quercus alba / Sporobolus heterolepis - Andropogon gerardii Woodland
  Common: Southern Blue Ridge Ultramafic Outcrop Barren (Pitch Pine Woodland Type)
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Pinus rigida - Quercus alba / Sporobolus heterolepis - Andropogon gerardii Woodland