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Pinus echinata - (Pinus taeda) - Quercus (margarettiae, stellata, falcata) - Carya texana Woodland | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Pinus echinata - (Pinus taeda) - Quercus (margarettiae, stellata, falcata) - Carya texana Woodland
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This association represents very dry or "subxeric" forest/woodlands west of the Mississippi River (Upper West Gulf Coastal Plain and West Gulf Coastal Plain ecoregions) dominated by <i>Pinus echinata</i> and a variety of oak species, such as <i>Quercus margarettiae, Quercus stellata</i>, and <i>Quercus falcata</i>. This forest/woodland differs from other documented sandhill types of the region by exhibiting very dry but not xeric conditions. The fairly species-rich understory is indicative of this moisture status and includes a number of legume species, such as <i>Stylosanthes biflora, Desmodium canescens, Centrosema virginianum, Lespedeza hirta, Galactia regularis, Baptisia nuttalliana</i>, and members of the Asteraceae family (<i>Rudbeckia hirta, Pityopsis graminifolia, Vernonia texana, Berlandiera pumila</i>). <i>Tragia urticifolia</i> and <i>Croton argyranthemus</i> are also indicative. Herbs of the most extreme xeric sites in the region are typically lacking (<i>Stylisma pickeringii, Eriogonum multiflorum, Eriogonum longifolium</i>) or in very low levels of abundance (<i>Erythrina herbacea, Cnidoscolus texanus</i>). 
Accession Code: VB.CC.34911.CEGL007946
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: West Gulf Coastal Subxeric Shortleaf Pine - Oak Woodland
  Translated: Shortleaf Pine - (Loblolly Pine) - (Sand Post Oak, Post Oak, Southern Red Oak) - Black Hickory Woodland
  Scientific: Pinus echinata - (Pinus taeda) - Quercus (margarettiae, stellata, falcata) - Carya texana Woodland
  Code: CEGL007946