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Pinus rigida - Gaylussacia baccata Shrubland | Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Pinus rigida - Gaylussacia baccata Shrubland Reference: Eastern Ecology Working Group of... Description: This dwarf pitch pine community is restricted to a single occurrence in New York on a flat-topped summit with thin soils over a white quartzite conglomerate. The flat topography and impermeable substrate at times fosters a seasonally high water table, although this community is not a wetland. The physiognomy is a dense, compact and short (2 m) canopy of pines and huckleberry. This community is dominated by dwarf individuals of Pinus rigida and by Gaylussacia baccata. Other characteristic woody plants associated with the dwarf pine are Viburnum nudum var. cassinoides, Photinia melanocarpa (= Aronia melanocarpa), and Betula populifolia. A low-shrub stratum is composed of Vaccinium angustifolium, Vaccinium pallidum, Comptonia peregrina, and Kalmia angustifolia. Other associated species in the ground layer include Gaultheria procumbens, Cornus canadensis, Maianthemum canadense, Cypripedium acaule and Melampyrum lineare.  Accession Code: VB.CC.26158.PINUSRIGIDAGAYL Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Nov-2014
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Pinus rigida Shrubland Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Translated: Pitch Pine / Black Huckleberry Shrubland   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689237 NatureServe Explorer   Scientific: Pinus rigida - Gaylussacia baccata Shrubland   Code: CEGL006079   Common: Dwarf Pine Ridges (convergence) and Synonyms: (undetermined) Pinus rigida / Gaylussacia baccata Shrubland