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Pinus echinata - Quercus alba / Vaccinium pallidum / Hexastylis arifolia - Chimaphila maculata Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Pinus echinata - Quercus alba / Vaccinium pallidum / Hexastylis arifolia - Chimaphila maculata Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This association includes forests dominated by a mixture of <i>Pinus echinata</i> and mesophytic and dry-mesophytic oaks (e.g., <i>Quercus alba, Quercus rubra, Quercus velutina</i>) occurring in the Piedmont of the southeastern United States, ranging north and west through the Southern Ridge and Valley, Cumberland Plateau, low-elevation Southern Blue Ridge, and upper Piedmont. These forests occur on low to middle slope positions, on protected to intermediately exposed sites. The mixed evergreen - deciduous canopy is dominated by <i>Pinus echinata</i> and <i>Quercus alba</i>, sometimes with high coverage of other <i>Quercus</i> spp. (<i>Quercus velutina, Quercus coccinea, Quercus falcata, Quercus rubra</i>). Xerophytic <i>Quercus</i> spp. such as <i>Quercus prinus, Quercus stellata</i>, as well as other species of pines, may be present but are typically not abundant. A well-developed subcanopy is typical, with species such as <i>Acer rubrum, Nyssa sylvatica, Carya glabra, Cornus florida</i>, and <i>Oxydendrum arboreum</i>. The shrub stratum is sparse to patchy with low shrubs (<i>Vaccinium pallidum, Vaccinium stamineum, Vaccinium arboreum, Chimaphila maculata</i>) and vines (<i>Vitis rotundifolia</i>). The herb stratum is patchy to absent. <i>Hexastylis arifolia</i> is a typical herb. Stands without fire management may experience invasion by <i>Acer rubrum</i>. <i>Piptochaetium avenaceum</i> may be an important grass in more open stands. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.36029.CEGL008427
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
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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: Appalachian Shortleaf Pine - Mesic Oak Forest
  Translated: Shortleaf Pine - White Oak / Blue Ridge Blueberry / Arrowleaf Heartleaf - Striped Prince's-pine Forest
  Scientific: Pinus echinata - Quercus alba / Vaccinium pallidum / Hexastylis arifolia - Chimaphila maculata Forest
  Code: CEGL008427
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686840 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo