Name:
Pinus echinata - Quercus stellata - Quercus marilandica / Andropogon gyrans - Chrysopsis mariana Woodland
Reference:
Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description:
This association includes Piedmont woodlands on soils derived from mafic rock (metavolcanics of the Carolina Slate Belt). The canopy is dominated by Quercus stellata, Pinus echinata, Quercus marilandica, and Quercus prinus. Characteristic tree species include Carya alba, Carya carolinae-septentrionalis, Diospyros virginiana, Pinus virginiana, Quercus velutina, Fraxinus americana, and Liquidambar styraciflua. Understory and shrub species include Vaccinium arboreum, Viburnum rufidulum, Cercis canadensis var. canadensis, Ceanothus americanus, Rhus copallinum, Rhus glabra, Vaccinium tenellum, Vaccinium pallidum, and Cornus florida. The diverse herbaceous stratum is dominated by Andropogon gyrans var. gyrans, Clitoria mariana, Dichanthelium depauperatum, and Phaseolus polystachios with Cunila origanoides, Symphyotrichum dumosum var. dumosum (= Aster dumosus var. dumosus), Symphyotrichum patens var. patens (= Aster patens var. patens), Aureolaria pedicularia var. pedicularia, Conyza canadensis, Dichanthelium commutatum, Helianthus schweinitzii, Helianthus divaricatus, Rubus argutus, Salvia lyrata, Scleria triglomerata, Solidago nemoralis var. nemoralis, Solidago odora var. odora, and Sorghastrum nutans, among others. This is a relatively species-rich community type. The exotics Ailanthus altissima, Sorghum halepense and Lonicera japonica may be present.
Accession Code:
VB.CC.27166.PINUSECHINATAQU
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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