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NY Heritage: Appalachian oak-pine forest | Ecological Communities of New York, 2nd Ed.
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Name: NY Heritage: Appalachian oak-pine forest
Reference: Ecological Communities of New York, 2nd Ed.
Description: A mixed forest that occurs on sandy soils, sandy ravines in pine barrens, or on slopes with rocky soils that are well-drained. The canopy is dominated by a mixture of oaks and pines. The oaks include one or more of the following: black oak (Quercus velutina), chestnut oak (Q. montana), red oak (Q. rubra), white oak (Q. alba), and scarlet oak (Q. coccinea). The pines are either white pine (Pinus strobus) or pitch pine (P. rigida); in some stands both pines are present, but white pine should be greater than pitch pine. Red maple (Acer rubrum), eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis), American beech (Fagus grandifolia), and black cherry (Prunus serotina) are common associates occurring at low densities. The shrublayer is predominantly ericaceous, usually with blueberries (Vaccinium angustifolium, V. pallidum) and black huckleberry (Gaylussacia baccata). The groundlayer is relatively sparse, and species diversity is low. Although Appalachian oak-pine forest currently includes white pine forests of the Coastal Lowlands, the latter may be distinctive enough to be designated as "coastal white pine-oak forest." Appalachian oak-pine forest would be distinguished from a "coastal white pine-oak forest" by the presence of bedrock and large rocks (instead of sand and gravel), and by the presence and dominance of red oak instead of dominance by scarlet oak (Quercus coccinea) with red oak lacking. More data on the coastal variant and characteristic animals are needed. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.28989.NYHERITAGEAPPAL
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 1
      Party Perspective according to: Howard, Timothy
Perspective from: 03-Dec-2004 to: ongoing
      Names:   Other: NY Heritage: Appalachian oak-pine forest