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Pinus rigida / Carex pensylvanica Woodland | Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Pinus rigida / Carex pensylvanica Woodland Reference: Eastern Ecology Working Group of... Description: This pitch pine woodland of xeric sandy soils occurs in the New Jersey Pine Barrens. Pinus rigida is the dominant tree, with Sassafras albidum a common associate. The sparse shrub layer is made up of Vaccinium pallidum, Gaylussacia baccata, Quercus ilicifolia. Vines may be common, including Smilax glauca, Smilax rotundifolia. Carex pensylvanica forms a well-developed herbaceous layer, with Hudsonia ericoides and bryophytes Leucobryum glaucum, Cladina subtenuis (= Cladonia subtenuis), Cladonia squamosa also contributing cover. This community is anthropogenic in origin, but is also known to occur on paleodunes in the New Jersey Pine Barrens.  Accession Code: VB.CC.27818.PINUSRIGIDACARE Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 30-Apr-1998 to: 17-Nov-2014
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Pinus rigida Woodland Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Translated: Pitch Pine / Pennsylvania Sedge Woodland   Scientific: Pinus rigida / Carex pensylvanica Woodland   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689988 NatureServe Explorer   Common: Pitch Pine / Pennsylvania Sedge Woodland   Code: CEGL006385 (convergence) and Synonyms: (undetermined) Pinus rigida / Carex pensylvanica Woodland