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Pinus palustris / Quercus marilandica / Schizachyrium scoparium - Silphium laciniatum - Ruellia humilis Woodland | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Pinus palustris / Quercus marilandica / Schizachyrium scoparium - Silphium laciniatum - Ruellia humilis Woodland
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This small-patch <i>Pinus palustris</i> community is associated with outcroppings of calcareous and/or high calcium clay soils in the inner Coastal Plain on Tertiary terraces of the West Gulf Coastal Plain of Louisiana and Texas. Edaphic limitations produce a widely spaced, even stunted woodland canopy that contrasts strikingly with surrounding open <i>Pinus palustris</i> woodlands on deeper soils. A continuous herbaceous cover is present. The most abundant ground flora species in Texas are <i>Coelorachis rugosa, Eryngium yuccifolium, Andropogon gyrans</i>, and <i>Schizachyrium scoparium</i>. <i>Silphium laciniatum</i> is a good indicator species of this community. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.35706.CEGL003596
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 Calcareous Clay Longleaf Pine Glade
  Translated: Longleaf Pine / Blackjack Oak / Little Bluestem - Compass Plant - Fringeleaf Wild Petunia Woodland
  Scientific: Pinus palustris / Quercus marilandica / Schizachyrium scoparium - Silphium laciniatum - Ruellia humilis Woodland
  Code: CEGL003596
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689458 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo