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Pinus rigida / Gaylussacia baccata Shrubland | Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Pinus rigida / Gaylussacia baccata Shrubland
Reference: Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This dwarf pitch pine community is restricted to a single occurrence in New York on a flat-topped summit with thin soils over a white quartzite conglomerate. The flat topography and impermeable substrate at times fosters a seasonally high water table, although this community is not a wetland. The physiognomy is a dense, compact and short (2 m) canopy of pines and huckleberry. This community is dominated by dwarf individuals of <i>Pinus rigida</i> and by <i>Gaylussacia baccata</i>. Other characteristic woody plants associated with the dwarf pine are <i>Viburnum nudum var. cassinoides, Photinia melanocarpa (= Aronia melanocarpa)</i>, and <i>Betula populifolia</i>. A low-shrub stratum is composed of <i>Vaccinium angustifolium, Vaccinium pallidum, Comptonia peregrina</i>, and <i>Kalmia angustifolia</i>. Other associated species in the ground layer include <i>Gaultheria procumbens, Cornus canadensis, Maianthemum canadense, Cypripedium acaule</i> and <i>Melampyrum lineare</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.31338.CEGL006079
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:   Common: Dwarf Pine Ridge
  Translated: Pitch Pine / Black Huckleberry Shrubland
  Scientific: Pinus rigida / Gaylussacia baccata Shrubland
  Code: CEGL006079
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689237 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo