Name:
Quercus stellata - (Pinus echinata) / Schizachyrium scoparium - Symphyotrichum georgianum Woodland
Reference:
Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description:
This community consists of one of two prairie-like woodlands associated with diabase in the Carolina Piedmont, representing the south-central North Carolina Piedmont and adjacent South Carolina type. This community has very variable structure and species composition, depending on land-use history and local fire regime. Historically, this community is believed to have been herbaceous-dominated with a widely scattered, open canopy of trees and patches of shrubs and fire-sprouting overstory species. Due largely to fire suppression, most known examples occur as a dense woody growth with generally closed canopy. A few examples which are being restored have a more typical, stunted woodland structure, with canopy cover ranging from 40-70%. High-quality examples are expected to have an open grass-dominated herb layer, and an overstory dominated by <i>Quercus stellata</i>, often with some component of <i>Pinus echinata, Quercus marilandica</i>, and <i>Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana</i>. Common subcanopy species may include <i>Cercis canadensis</i> and <i>Cornus florida</i>. Common shrubs include <i>Viburnum rafinesquianum (= var. rafinesquianum), Ilex longipes, Vaccinium arboreum, Symphoricarpos orbiculatus</i>, and <i>Hypericum prolificum</i>. Common herb species include <i>Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium, Andropogon virginicus, Silphium terebinthinaceum, Symphyotrichum patens var. patens (= Aster patens var. patens), Symphyotrichum georgianum (= Aster georgianus), Ionactis linariifolius, Solidago nemoralis, Coreopsis major, Eryngium yuccifolium, Phlox nivalis, Oligoneuron album (= Solidago ptarmicoides), Oligoneuron rigidum, Opuntia humifusa var. humifusa, Talinum teretifolium, Isanthus brachiatus (= Trichostema brachiatum), Ratibida pinnata, Sporobolus vaginiflorus, Sporobolus clandestinus, Ranunculus fascicularis, Symphyotrichum laeve (= Aster laevis), Veronicastrum virginicum, Liatris aspera, Liatris</i> spp., <i>Verbena simplex, Aquilegia canadensis, Senna marilandica, Physostegia virginiana</i>, and <i>Clematis ochroleuca</i>.
Accession Code:
VB.CC.35410.CEGL003711
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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