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Pinus rigida / Carex pensylvanica Woodland | Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Pinus rigida / Carex pensylvanica Woodland
Reference: Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This pitch pine woodland of xeric sandy soils occurs in the New Jersey Pine Barrens. <i>Pinus rigida</i> is the dominant tree, with <i>Sassafras albidum</i> a common associate. The sparse shrub layer is made up of <i>Vaccinium pallidum, Gaylussacia baccata, Quercus ilicifolia</i>. Vines may be common, including <i>Smilax glauca, Smilax rotundifolia</i>. <i>Carex pensylvanica</i> forms a well-developed herbaceous layer, with <i>Hudsonia ericoides</i> and bryophytes <i>Leucobryum glaucum, Cladina subtenuis (= Cladonia subtenuis), Cladonia squamosa</i> also contributing cover. This community is anthropogenic in origin, but is also known to occur on paleodunes in the New Jersey Pine Barrens. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.31333.CEGL006385
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.2.689988 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Common: Pitch Pine / Pennsylvania Sedge Woodland
  Translated: Pitch Pine / Pennsylvania Sedge Woodland
  Scientific: Pinus rigida / Carex pensylvanica Woodland
  Code: CEGL006385