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Pinus palustris - Pinus echinata - Quercus prinus / Kalmia latifolia - Rhododendron minus Woodland | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Pinus palustris - Pinus echinata - Quercus prinus / Kalmia latifolia - Rhododendron minus Woodland
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This association potentially occurs on rocky ridges in the southern Cumberland Mountains and southern Ridge and Valley of Alabama and is definitely known from steep rocky river bluffs in the lower Piedmont of Georgia. This vegetation is characterized by a canopy dominated by sparse <i>Pinus palustris</i> with lesser amounts of <i>Pinus echinata</i> and/or <i>Pinus taeda</i>. <i>Quercus prinus, Quercus coccinea</i>, and <i>Oxydendrum arboreum</i> are often components of the subcanopy and, in some cases, <i>Quercus prinus</i> can be codominant. The shrub layer is nearly completely closed and dominated by <i>Kalmia latifolia</i> and/or <i>Rhododendron minus</i>. Other characteristic woody species include <i>Nyssa sylvatica, Diospyros virginiana, Vaccinium arboreum, Vaccinium stamineum</i>, and <i>Vaccinium pallidum</i>. Characteristic herbs include <i>Eupatorium album, Pityopsis aspera var. adenolepis, Tephrosia virginiana, Chrysopsis mariana, Danthonia spicata, Pteridium aquilinum, Coreopsis major, Epigaea repens, Clinopodium georgianum, Xerophyllum asphodeloides, Schizachyrium scoparium, Andropogon gyrans</i>, and <i>Ionactis linariifolius</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.34772.CEGL003606
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]
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  Common: Montane Longleaf Pine - Heath Bluff Woodland
  Translated: Longleaf Pine - Shortleaf Pine - Chestnut Oak / Mountain Laurel - Piedmont Rhododendron Woodland
  Scientific: Pinus palustris - Pinus echinata - Quercus prinus / Kalmia latifolia - Rhododendron minus Woodland
  Code: CEGL003606