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Pinus rigida / Quercus ilicifolia / Piptatherum pungens Woodland | Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Pinus rigida / Quercus ilicifolia / Piptatherum pungens Woodland
Reference: Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This northernmost pitch pine - scrub oak barren community occurs on flat glacial outwash plains. Soils are typically sandy, well-drained and nutrient poor. A local history of fire is essential to the maintenance of the community. An open canopy, 30-70%, of <i>Pinus rigida</i> over a dense, patchy, tall-shrub layer (25-95%) of <i>Quercus ilicifolia</i> forms the characteristic structure of this community. In places the canopy may also contain <i>Quercus rubra, Pinus strobus, Betula populifolia</i> and occasionally <i>Picea rubens</i> or <i>Abies balsamea</i>. A short-shrub layer of <i>Vaccinium angustifolium, Comptonia peregrina, Pteridium aquilinum</i> and <i>Gaultheria procumbens</i> is usually present. Herbaceous species are scattered and generally more dense where the scrub oak is discontinuous. Characteristic herbs include <i>Piptatherum pungens (= Oryzopsis pungens), Oryzopsis asperifolia, Carex lucorum, Schizachyrium scoparium, Sibbaldiopsis tridentata</i> and <i>Danthonia spicata</i>. Occasional species include <i>Vaccinium myrtilloides, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, Comandra umbellata</i> and <i>Corylus</i> sp. An interesting variant of this community containing <i>Pinus resinosa</i> in the canopy occurs on eskers and outwash plains in New Hampshire. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.31264.CEGL006203
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.2.685733 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Common: Northern Pitch Pine / Bear Oak Barrens
  Translated: Pitch Pine / Bear Oak / Mountain Ricegrass Woodland
  Scientific: Pinus rigida / Quercus ilicifolia / Piptatherum pungens Woodland
  Code: CEGL006203