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Pinus banksiana - (Pinus resinosa) - Quercus ellipsoidalis / Carex pensylvanica Forest | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Pinus banksiana - (Pinus resinosa) - Quercus ellipsoidalis / Carex pensylvanica Forest
Reference: Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
Description: This jack pine - oak forest community type is found near the western Great Lakes of the United States and Canada on well-drained, sandy, infertile soils. Sites are typically relatively flat and occur on outwash plains or glaciolacustrine beds. The overstory of this forest community has a moderately closed to closed canopy. Tree density can be very high (up to several hundred trees/ha). The dominant canopy species are <i>Pinus banksiana</i> and <i>Quercus ellipsoidalis</i>. In some stands these two species constitute nearly the entire canopy. Where other trees are present, they typically include <i>Acer rubrum, Pinus resinosa</i>, and <i>Populus tremuloides</i>. The shrub layer is sparse to well-defined. <i>Vaccinium angustifolium</i> is very common, but <i>Corylus cornuta, Corylus americana, Rosa</i> spp., and <i>Rubus</i> spp. are other common constituents. <i>Gaylussacia baccata</i> is common in central Michigan and Wisconsin. The herbaceous layer contains species such as <i>Carex pensylvanica, Fragaria virginiana, Lysimachia quadrifolia, Maianthemum canadense, Maianthemum racemosum</i>, and <i>Pteridium aquilinum</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.36835.CEGL002478
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: Jack Pine - Northern Pin Oak Forest
  Translated: Jack Pine - (Red Pine) - Northern Pin Oak / Pennsylvania Sedge Forest
  Scientific: Pinus banksiana - (Pinus resinosa) - Quercus ellipsoidalis / Carex pensylvanica Forest
  Code: CEGL002478
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685555 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo