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A.804 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.804 Reference: EcoArt 2002 Description: This alliance includes dense stands of ~Arundinaria gigantea ssp. tecta$ with scattered ~Pinus serotina$ and sometimes with some ~Nyssa biflora$ or ~Liriodendron tulipifera$. Physiognomy and structure vary with fire-return interval. In areas that burn every 3-5 years, the appearance of the vegetation will be that of nearly pure ~Arundinaria gigantea$, perhaps with scattered ~Pinus serotina$. Cover of pocosin shrubs (e.g., ~Ilex glabra, Ilex coriacea, Lyonia lucida, Lyonia ligustrina var. foliosiflora, Cyrilla racemiflora, Zenobia pulverulenta, Magnolia virginiana, Photinia pyrifolia (= Aronia arbutifolia)$) and ~Acer rubrum var. trilobum$ increase with lack of fire, and with fire suppression greater than 15 years, these species will overtake the cane. This alliance occurs on shallow organic soils (10-100 cm deep), in areas which burn every 3-12 years. Typically it is found around the periphery of deep peat deposits where peat feathers out onto mineral soil, in peat-filled depressions and sloughs in pine barrens, or on upland flats where drainage is poor enough to permit accumulation of an organic layer deep enough to support the cane rhizome mat. It is likely that the soil is saturated throughout most of the winter and spring, and probably dries out in the summer and fall. Organic matter depth, fire frequency, and nutrient availability are the primary factors controlling vegetation structure and composition in this vegetation. This alliance is thought to have been common in presettlement times, existing as large, open tracts. Most of the presettlement acreage has succeeded to pocosin vegetation because of fire exclusion or has been drained and cleared for agriculture.  Accession Code: VB.CC.2433.A804 Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Mar-2005
	status: accepted Community's Parent: III.A.2.N.j This Community's Level: Alliance This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Scientific: ARUNDINARIA GIGANTEA SATURATED WOODED SHRUBLAND ALLIANCE   Code: A.804   Common: Giant Cane Saturated Wooded Shrubland Alliance (convergence) and Synonyms: (undetermined) Arundinaria gigantea Saturated Wooded Shrubland Alliance