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Pinus rigida - Quercus ilicifolia / Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Shrubland | Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Pinus rigida - Quercus ilicifolia / Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Shrubland Reference: Eastern Ecology Working Group of... Description: This dwarf pine plains community of Long Island, New York, is characterized by a canopy codominated by dwarfed pitch pine and scrub oak ranging in height from 1.2-2.4 m. The community occurs on coarse, xeric infertile sands of a nearly level outwash plain. The community is depauperate in vascular plants, with most of the biomass comprised of <i>Pinus rigida, Quercus ilicifolia, Gaylussacia baccata, Vaccinium pallidum, Hudsonia ericoides, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi</i>, and <i>Gaultheria procumbens</i>. Lichens make up a substantial portion of the ground layer and include <i>Cetraria arenaria, Cladina mitis, Cladina submitis, Cladina stellaris (= Cladonia alpestris), Cladonia cristatella, Punctelia rudecta (= Parmelia rudecta), Parmelia saxatilis</i>, and <i>Peltigera canina</i>. Sandy openings often support <i>Hudsonia ericoides, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, Gaultheria procumbens</i>, as well as forbs such as <i>Ionactis linariifolius, Polygonella articulata</i>, and <i>Hypericum gentianoides</i>. This community is the favored nesting habitat for the prairie warbler and brown thrasher, and is prime habitat for the pine barrens buck moth.  Accession Code: VB.CC.31335.CEGL006097 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.2.686569 NatureServe Explorer   Common: Northern Dwarf Pine Plains   Translated: Pitch Pine - Bear Oak / Bearberry Shrubland   Scientific: Pinus rigida - Quercus ilicifolia / Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Shrubland   Code: CEGL006097