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NY Heritage: Pitch pine-oak forest | Ecological Communities of New York, 2nd Ed.
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Name: NY Heritage: Pitch pine-oak forest Reference: Ecological Communities of New York, 2nd Ed. Description: A mixed forest that typically occurs on well-drained, sandy soils of glacial outwash plains or moraines; it also occurs on thin, rocky soils of ridgetops. The dominant trees are pitch pine (Pinus rigida) mixed with one or more of the following oaks: scarlet oak (Quercus coccinea), white oak (Q. alba), red oak (Q. rubra), or black oak (Q. velutina). The relative proportions of pines and oaks are quite variable within this community type. At one extreme are stands in which the pines are widely spaced amidst the oaks, in which case the pines are often emergent above the canopy of oak trees. At the other extreme are stands in which the pines form a nearly pure stand with only a few widely spaced oak trees. The shrublayer is well-developed with scattered clumps of scrub oak (Quercus ilicifolia) and a nearly continuous cover of low heath shrubs such as blueberries (Vaccinium pallidum, V. angustifolium) and black huckleberry (Gaylussacia baccata). The herbaceous layer is relatively sparse; characteristic species are bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum), wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens), and Pennsylvania sedge (Carex pensylvanica). Characteristic birds include rufous-sided towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus), common yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas), field sparrow (Spizella pusilla), prairie warbler (Dendroica discolor), pine warbler (Dendroica pinus), blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata), and whip-poor-will (Caprimulgus vociferus). At least two potential regional variants are known or suspected. The typical coastal variant on Long Island and the inland variant of upstate New York. More data on these regional variants are needed. This community combined with several types of barrens and woodland communities make up the broadly defined ecosystem known as the Pine Barrens.  Accession Code: VB.CC.28595.NYHERITAGEPITCH Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 2
	Party Perspective according to: Howard, Timothy Perspective from: 03-Dec-2004 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: NY Heritage: TERRESTRIAL SYSTEM This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Other: NY Heritage: Pitch pine-oak forest