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Pinus echinata / Vaccinium (pallidum, stamineum) - Kalmia latifolia Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Pinus echinata / Vaccinium (pallidum, stamineum) - Kalmia latifolia Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: These forests occur in the lower elevations (below 730 m [2400 feet]) of the southern Appalachian Mountains on ridges and upper slopes, typically with southern to western exposures. This association includes forest vegetation with greater than 75% of the canopy cover of <i>Pinus echinata</i>, occurring over a shrub stratum dominated by ericaceous species, typically <i>Vaccinium pallidum, Vaccinium stamineum</i>, and <i>Kalmia latifolia</i>. Deciduous species make-up less than 25% of the canopy coverage and may include <i>Quercus falcata, Quercus coccinea</i>, or, in the southern part of this association's range, <i>Quercus stellata</i> and <i>Quercus marilandica</i>. This community often has a midstory tree stratum with <i>Oxydendrum arboreum, Carya pallida, Cornus florida</i>, or <i>Diospyros virginiana</i>. Other characteristic species include <i>Smilax glauca, Silphium compositum, Pteridium aquilinum var. latiusculum, Scleria oligantha, Piptochaetium avenaceum</i>, and <i>Tephrosia virginiana</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.35491.CEGL007078
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: Appalachian Shortleaf Pine Forest
  Translated: Shortleaf Pine / (Blue Ridge Blueberry, Deerberry) - Mountain Laurel Forest
  Scientific: Pinus echinata / Vaccinium (pallidum, stamineum) - Kalmia latifolia Forest
  Code: CEGL007078
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689027 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo