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Vaccinium angustifolium / Schizachyrium scoparium - Carex lucorum Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation | Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Vaccinium angustifolium / Schizachyrium scoparium - Carex lucorum Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation
Reference: Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This type includes shrub-herbaceous sandplain grasslands along the Coastal Plain from southern Maine through Connecticut. It occurs on flat sandy plains or on deep outwash deposits on sites that are away from direct maritime influence. Vegetation is dominated by <i>Danthonia spicata, Schizachyrium scoparium, Carex lucorum</i> or <i>Carex pensylvanica</i>, and <i>Vaccinium angustifolium</i>. Associated species can include <i>Lechea maritima, Piptatherum pungens (= Oryzopsis pungens), Solidago bicolor, Liatris scariosa var. novae-angliae, Viola sagittata, Lysimachia quadrifolia, Asclepias tuberosa, Baptisia tinctoria, Carex vestita, Ionactis linariifolius, Sericocarpus asteroides</i>, and <i>Calystegia spithamaea</i>. Scattered patches of <i>Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, Comptonia peregrina, Gaylussacia baccata</i>, and <i>Photinia melanocarpa</i> are common, as well as scattered individuals of <i>Pinus rigida, Betula populifolia</i>, and <i>Prunus pensylvanica</i>. Soils are extremely well-drained and acidic. Where this community occurs, native tree cover has been eliminated, with subsequent regular management through burning and/or cutting. In presettlement times, this community appears to have been maintained via a natural fire regime. This vegetation has been used extensively for blueberry production in certain locations; cover of <i>Vaccinium</i> has been greatly enhanced by fire and herbicide use. This community can also be found along some powerline rights-of-way where few or no herbicides are used. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.31209.CEGL006393
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]
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  Common: Northern Sandplain Grassland
  Translated: Lowbush Blueberry / Little Bluestem - Blue Ridge Sedge Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation
  Scientific: Vaccinium angustifolium / Schizachyrium scoparium - Carex lucorum Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation
  Code: CEGL006393