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Pinus strobus / Kalmia latifolia - (Vaccinium stamineum, Gaylussacia ursina) Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Pinus strobus / Kalmia latifolia - (Vaccinium stamineum, Gaylussacia ursina) Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This association includes natural stands of forest vegetation with a canopy dominated by <i>Pinus strobus</i>. This community occurs at lower elevations (below 900 m) in the Southern Blue Ridge region of the Southern Appalachians on upper slopes and ridgetops protected by higher landforms. Other minor canopy species may include <i>Pinus rigida, Quercus coccinea</i>, and <i>Acer rubrum</i>. These forests often have open subcanopies composed of <i>Oxydendrum arboreum, Acer rubrum, Nyssa sylvatica</i>, and <i>Cornus florida</i>. The shrub stratum is patchy to continuous and dominated by ericaceous species, typically <i>Gaylussacia ursina</i>, or <i>Vaccinium stamineum</i>, and <i>Kalmia latifolia</i>. Other common species in the shrub/sapling stratum may include <i>Gaylussacia baccata, Vaccinium pallidum, Acer rubrum</i>, and <i>Castanea dentata</i>. Typical herbaceous species include <i>Galax urceolata, Chimaphila maculata, Goodyera pubescens, Epigaea repens, Medeola virginiana, Lysimachia quadrifolia, Uvularia puberula</i>, and <i>Chamaelirium luteum</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.35508.CEGL007100
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: Southern Appalachian White Pine Forest
  Translated: Eastern White Pine / Mountain Laurel - (Deerberry, Bear Huckleberry) Forest
  Scientific: Pinus strobus / Kalmia latifolia - (Vaccinium stamineum, Gaylussacia ursina) Forest
  Code: CEGL007100
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684257 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo