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Tsuga caroliniana - Pinus (rigida, pungens, virginiana) Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Tsuga caroliniana - Pinus (rigida, pungens, virginiana) Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This association is known from shallow soils over sedimentary and metasedimentary rock strata on exposed ridges and southwest-facing slopes above 610 m (2000 feet) elevation in the Southern Blue Ridge and upper Piedmont of North Carolina and Tennessee. This xeric forest community is dominated by a mixture of <i>Tsuga caroliniana</i> and any or all of the following pine species: <i>Pinus rigida, Pinus virginiana</i>, and/or <i>Pinus pungens</i>. Additional canopy species may include <i>Quercus prinus, Quercus rubra</i>, and <i>Carya glabra</i>. The structure of the canopy varies from closed to open depending on disturbance history and environment. The patchy to open shrub layer of Tennessee occurrences is characterized by <i>Buckleya distichophylla</i> and <i>Rhododendron minus</i> in the upper shrub layer, and <i>Vaccinium pallidum</i> and <i>Gaultheria procumbens</i> in the lower shrub layer. The patchy to open herbaceous layer is characterized by <i>Schizachyrium scoparium</i>. As much as 25% of the ground cover may contain lichens, including <i>Cladina rangiferina</i> and <i>Cladina subtenuis</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.35285.CEGL006178
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:   Common: Carolina Hemlock Forest (Pine Type)
  Translated: Carolina Hemlock - (Pitch Pine, Table Mountain Pine, Virginia Pine) Forest
  Scientific: Tsuga caroliniana - Pinus (rigida, pungens, virginiana) Forest
  Code: CEGL006178
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684046 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo