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Quercus stellata - (Quercus marilandica) / Gaylussacia frondosa Acidic Hardpan Woodland | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Quercus stellata - (Quercus marilandica) / Gaylussacia frondosa Acidic Hardpan Woodland
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This association occurs on acidic clay pans in flat terrain of the Piedmont. The canopy is closed to fairly open and is dominated by <i>Quercus stellata, Quercus alba</i>, and <i>Quercus falcata</i>. Other canopy trees include <i>Pinus echinata, Acer rubrum var. rubrum, Nyssa sylvatica, Quercus marilandica</i>, and <i>Quercus coccinea</i>. The subcanopy is not distinctive. The shrub layer is characteristically well-developed and consists of short deciduous heaths, including <i>Gaylussacia frondosa (= var. frondosa), Gaylussacia dumosa (= var. dumosa), Lyonia ligustrina var. foliosiflora, Vaccinium stamineum, Vaccinium tenellum</i>, and <i>Vaccinium pallidum</i>. The herb layer is poorly developed. Some environments are referred to as highly acidic (pH 3.7-4.0). This association is also reported from the Carolina Slate Belt (Subsection 231Af), on acidic soils such as the Meisenheimer and Zion series. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.34882.CEGL004413
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.2.685990 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Common: Piedmont Acidic Hardpan Woodland
  Translated: Post Oak - (Blackjack Oak) / Blue Huckleberry Acidic Hardpan Woodland
  Scientific: Quercus stellata - (Quercus marilandica) / Gaylussacia frondosa Acidic Hardpan Woodland
  Code: CEGL004413