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Hudsonia tomentosa / Panicum amarum var. amarulum Dwarf-shrubland | Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Hudsonia tomentosa / Panicum amarum var. amarulum Dwarf-shrubland
Reference: Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This association is a maritime beach heather community of mid-Atlantic sand dunes. The unstable substrate is influenced by wind-deposited sand and supports no soil development; large patches of sparsely vegetated or unvegetated sand are common. The community is characterized by <i>Hudsonia tomentosa</i> occurring as discrete patches that may coalesce into a dense mat on older, more stabilized dunes. A number of other shrubs such as <i>Morella pensylvanica (= Myrica pensylvanica), Morella cerifera (= Myrica cerifera), Pinus taeda</i> saplings, and rarely <i>Prunus maritima</i> may occur but are low in abundance and cover. <i>Schizachyrium littorale (= Schizachyrium scoparium ssp. littorale), Ammophila breviligulata, Aristida tuberculosa, Spartina patens</i>, and <i>Panicum amarum var. amarulum</i> are common grasses of this community, and <i>Toxicodendron radicans</i> is a common vine. Other herbaceous associates include <i>Lechea maritima, Cyperus grayi, Artemisia stelleriana, Chamaesyce polygonifolia, Solidago sempervirens</i>, and <i>Diodia teres</i>. Small saplings of <i>Pinus taeda</i> may occur. This community is locally common on coastal dunes from New Jersey to northern North Carolina. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.31319.CEGL003950
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.2.686917 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Common: Central Coast Beach-heather Dune Shrubland
  Translated: Woolly Beach-heather / Coastal Panicgrass Dwarf-shrubland
  Scientific: Hudsonia tomentosa / Panicum amarum var. amarulum Dwarf-shrubland
  Code: CEGL003950