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Pinus rigida / Schizachyrium scoparium - Sorghastrum nutans - Baptisia tinctoria Woodland | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Pinus rigida / Schizachyrium scoparium - Sorghastrum nutans - Baptisia tinctoria Woodland
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This association includes dry woodlands of the Cumberlands of Kentucky and possibly Virginia on steep, south- to southwest-facing slopes. This community is known from the Kentucky side of Pine Mountain, in the Cumberland Mountains (on the Virginia-Kentucky stateline). It has a canopy strongly dominated by <i>Pinus rigida</i>, also with some <i>Pinus virginiana</i> (around rock outcrops) and scattered <i>Quercus prinus</i> and sometimes <i>Quercus marilandica</i>. Canopy coverage varies from 10-80%. Scattered shrubs are present. <i>Schizachyrium scoparium</i> and <i>Sorghastrum nutans</i> dominate the herb layer, and <i>Baptisia tinctoria</i> is also very abundant. This vegetation is fire-maintained, but also strongly influenced by dry conditions. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.35513.CEGL003617
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: Hi Lewis Pitch Pine Barrens
  Translated: Pitch Pine / Little Bluestem - Indiangrass - Horseflyweed Woodland
  Scientific: Pinus rigida / Schizachyrium scoparium - Sorghastrum nutans - Baptisia tinctoria Woodland
  Code: CEGL003617
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688822 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo