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Acer rubrum - Pinus virginiana - Pinus rigida / Smilax spp. Serpentine Forest | Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Acer rubrum - Pinus virginiana - Pinus rigida / Smilax spp. Serpentine Forest
Reference: Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This serpentine plant community of Pennsylvania and Maryland is associated with soils derived from weathered serpentine bedrock and typically occurs at mid- to low-slope positions characterized by somewhat moist to moist soils. Soil texture is typically silt loam or occasionally clay loam. Soil depth typically exceeds 50 cm. Dominant canopy trees include <i>Acer rubrum, Pinus virginiana, Pinus rigida</i>, and <i>Juniperus virginiana</i>. The subcanopy is dominated by <i>Acer rubrum</i>. The shrub layer is characterized by <i>Lindera benzoin</i> and <i>Acer rubrum</i>. The herbaceous layer is dominated by <i>Microstegium vimineum, Smilax rotundifolia, Smilax glauca</i>, and <i>Lonicera japonica</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.30932.CEGL006439
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
  • This Community's Level: association
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.787687 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Common: Serpentine Red Maple - Pine Forest
  Translated: Red Maple - Virginia Pine - Pitch Pine / Greenbrier species Serpentine Forest
  Scientific: Acer rubrum - Pinus virginiana - Pinus rigida / Smilax spp. Serpentine Forest
  Code: CEGL006439