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Pinus echinata - Pinus taeda - Quercus (alba, stellata) - Carya alba / Oxydendrum arboreum Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Pinus echinata - Pinus taeda - Quercus (alba, stellata) - Carya alba / Oxydendrum arboreum Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This shortleaf pine - loblolly pine forest association occurs in the Upper East Gulf Coastal Plain, and apparently adjacent areas of the East Gulf Coastal Plain and Piedmont. The canopy is characterized by the presence of both <i>Pinus echinata</i> and <i>Pinus taeda</i>. A mixture of hardwood species are also present, such as <i>Quercus alba, Quercus stellata, Carya alba, Carya glabra, Quercus falcata</i>, and <i>Quercus velutina</i>. In addition to overstory species, the subcanopy includes <i>Cornus florida, Oxydendrum arboreum, Nyssa sylvatica</i>, and <i>Liquidambar styraciflua</i>. The patchy shrub layer includes <i>Vaccinium elliottii, Asimina parviflora, Aesculus pavia, Hamamelis virginiana</i>, and <i>Arundinaria gigantea</i>. This community has a sparse herbaceous layer including <i>Piptochaetium avenaceum, Chasmanthium sessiliflorum, Elephantopus tomentosus, Hexastylis arifolia, Iris verna, Rudbeckia fulgida, Solidago juncea, Euphorbia pubentissima</i>, and <i>Mitchella repens</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.34963.CEGL008493
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.2.684529 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Common: East Gulf Coastal Plain Shortleaf Pine - Loblolly Pine Forest
  Translated: Shortleaf Pine - Loblolly Pine - (White Oak, Post Oak) - Mockernut Hickory / Sourwood Forest
  Scientific: Pinus echinata - Pinus taeda - Quercus (alba, stellata) - Carya alba / Oxydendrum arboreum Forest
  Code: CEGL008493