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Name: Pinus echinata Early-Successional Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This association represents early-successional <i>Pinus echinata</i>-dominated vegetation. This broadly defined type has a wide distribution throughout the native range of <i>Pinus echinata</i> where it may develop under a variety of circumstances associated with severe natural and/or anthropogenic disturbance. It is most frequently associated with abandoned agricultural land, unmanaged clearcuts, and burned or heavily eroded areas, where adjacent <i>Pinus echinata</i> are able to seed into the newly disturbed area and colonize before other species such as <i>Pinus taeda</i>. These are considered ruderal forests as they typically result from anthropogenic disturbances that fundamentally alter the vegetation structure, floristic composition, and often the physical and chemical structure of the soil. Vegetation tends to be dense with a moderately to extremely barren understory. While <i>Pinus echinata</i> is clearly the single most dominant tree, other "old-field" <i>Pinus</i> species (e.g., <i>Pinus taeda, Pinus virginiana</i>) and/or other early-successional deciduous trees (e.g., <i>Acer rubrum, Liquidambar styraciflua, Liriodendron tulipifera</i>) may also be present. Associated woody and herbaceous species vary with geography but are typically ruderal or exotic species. As these forests age, mid-successional species such as <i>Quercus</i> spp. and <i>Carya</i> spp. may begin to replace senescent <i>Pinus echinata</i> individuals. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.35584.CEGL006327
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Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
  • This Community's Level: association
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Common: Early-Successional Shortleaf Pine Forest
  Code: CEGL006327
  Scientific: Pinus echinata Early-Successional Forest
  Translated: Shortleaf Pine Early-Successional Forest
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