Name:
Pinus taeda - Quercus (alba, falcata, stellata) Piedmont Forest
Reference:
NatureServe. No date. Internatio...
Description:
This association represents mixed loblolly pine - oak forests for the eastern and interior portions of the alliance's range, particularly the southern Piedmont from the Carolinas to Georgia, as well as the adjacent Cumberlands / Southern Ridge and Valley of southern Tennessee where <i>Pinus taeda</i> is native. In parts of the prescribed range, this association could represent semi-natural stands of <i>Pinus taeda</i> mixed with <i>Quercus</i> spp. that develop from <i>Pinus taeda</i> plantations that have aged sufficiently to lose the pure pine character and developed more of a hardwood component. Stands of this mixed oak-pine upland forest association are dominated by a combination of various oaks and other hardwoods with <i>Pinus</i> spp. <i>Pinus taeda</i> or <i>Pinus virginiana</i> are usually present or codominant, being generally less abundant in more mature stands. <i>Quercus falcata</i> is characteristic, but other oaks are also present including <i>Quercus alba, Quercus stellata, Quercus velutina, Quercus coccinea, Quercus marilandica</i>, and <i>Quercus phellos</i>, along with <i>Liquidambar styraciflua, Liriodendron tulipifera, Nyssa sylvatica, Pinus echinata</i>, and <i>Quercus nigra</i>. The subcanopy may include <i>Acer rubrum, Carya alba, Carya glabra, Cornus florida, Oxydendrum arboreum</i>, and <i>Prunus serotina</i>, as well as smaller oaks, particularly <i>Quercus velutina</i>. The shrub layers may include <i>Fagus grandifolia</i> and <i>Vaccinium</i> spp. with <i>Asimina parviflora, Cercis canadensis, Cornus florida, Diospyros virginiana, Euonymus americanus, Sassafras albidum, Toxicodendron radicans, Vaccinium pallidum</i>, and <i>Viburnum acerifolium</i>.
Accession Code:
VB.CC.31443.CEGL004232
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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- status: accepted
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This Community's Level:
association
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 This Community's Children:
[none]
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Names:
UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.803040
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Common: Piedmont Loblolly Pine - Oak Forest
Translated: Loblolly Pine - (White Oak, Southern Red Oak, Post Oak) Piedmont Forest
Scientific: Pinus taeda - Quercus (alba, falcata, stellata) Piedmont Forest
Code: CEGL004232
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