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Pinus elliottii var. elliottii - (Pinus palustris) / Morella cerifera - Ilex coriacea Woodland | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Pinus elliottii var. elliottii - (Pinus palustris) / Morella cerifera - Ilex coriacea Woodland Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro... Description: This association does not represent natural vegetation. The core concept includes stands of <i>Pinus elliottii var. elliottii</i> outside the natural range of the species in the West Gulf Coastal Plain of Texas and Louisiana. This association may be best thought of as a degraded from of ~<i>Pinus palustris / Rhynchospora elliottii - Lobelia flaccidifolia - Platanthera nivea - (Helenium drummondii)</i> Woodland (CEGL007802)$$ which represents the natural longleaf pine-dominated flatwoods of the region. Examples can be highly variable in condition and composition, as partly indicated by the amount of <i>Pinus palustris</i> present. Stands may develop after heavy silvicultural management (consisting of planted or seed tree/shelterwood-regenerated stands) to unmanaged, naturalized stands resulting from fire suppression. All examples are believed to occur on former <i>Pinus palustris</i> sites, and some examples may still contain enough <i>Pinus palustris</i> to qualify this species as a codominant (comprising 25-75% of the canopy). The canopy closure varies with management, and at some stages may exceed 60%. Most managed and thinned examples will generally range below 60% cover, and several apparently unmanaged examples in the Big Thicket National Preserve retain open, woodland structure. In silviculturally managed examples, burning frequency generally increases in stands after 15 years of age when trees are more resistant to mortality. Shrubs range from very patchy in frequently burned sites to dense in examples that have not burned for more than five years. Shrubs include <i>Morella caroliniensis (= Myrica heterophylla), Morella cerifera (= Myrica cerifera), Ilex coriacea, Viburnum nudum var. nudum, Vaccinium elliottii</i>, and <i>Callicarpa americana</i>. Little herbaceous cover occurs under denser canopies, while more open examples may include a fairly dense ground cover of <i>Schizachyrium scoparium, Muhlenbergia expansa, Ctenium aromaticum</i>, and <i>Carex</i> spp. Soils range from poorly drained to very poorly drained, fine sandy loams or silt loams. The variable hydrology includes forests with soils saturated in winter, early spring, and periodically throughout the growing season. This vegetation occurs in the West Gulf Coastal Plain of Louisiana and Texas, outside the natural range of <i>Pinus elliottii var. elliottii</i>.  Accession Code: VB.CC.35656.CEGL007157 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: West Gulf Coastal Plain Slash Pine Flatwoods   Translated: Slash Pine - (Longleaf Pine) / Wax-myrtle - Large Gallberry Woodland   Scientific: Pinus elliottii var. elliottii - (Pinus palustris) / Morella cerifera - Ilex coriacea Woodland   Code: CEGL007157   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683763 NatureServe Explorer