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Pinus rigida - Quercus alba / Sporobolus heterolepis - Andropogon gerardii Woodland | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Pinus rigida - Quercus alba / Sporobolus heterolepis - Andropogon gerardii Woodland
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This community occurs on shallow, rocky soils associated with outcrops of serpentinized olivine in the Southern Blue Ridge. It is a unique community with a restricted range and few known occurrences. This community includes open woodland vegetation dominated by stunted <i>Pinus rigida</i> and <i>Quercus alba</i>, occurring over a cespitose graminoid-dominated understory with little shrub cover. Although the relative basal area for the two canopy species is the same, <i>Pinus rigida</i> is twice as dense as <i>Quercus alba</i>. Other canopy and subcanopy trees may include <i>Tsuga canadensis, Acer rubrum</i>, and <i>Oxydendrum arboreum</i>. The dense herbaceous stratum is dominated by <i>Andropogon gerardii, Sporobolus heterolepis</i>, and <i>Schizachyrium scoparium</i>. Common forbs include <i>Packera plattensis (= Senecio plattensis), Hexastylis arifolia var. ruthii</i>, and <i>Thalictrum macrostylum</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.36025.CEGL003768
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 Blue Ridge Ultramafic Outcrop Barrens (Pitch Pine Woodland Type)
  Translated: Pitch Pine - White Oak / Prairie Dropseed - Big Bluestem Woodland
  Scientific: Pinus rigida - Quercus alba / Sporobolus heterolepis - Andropogon gerardii Woodland
  Code: CEGL003768
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687946 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo