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Pinus banksiana - (Pinus resinosa) - Pinus strobus / Juniperus horizontalis Wooded Herbaceous Vegetation | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Pinus banksiana - (Pinus resinosa) - Pinus strobus / Juniperus horizontalis Wooded Herbaceous Vegetation Reference: Midwestern Ecology Working Group... Description: This pine barrens type is found in sandy areas along the Great Lakes shores of the United States and Canada. Stands occur on sands on former lake embayments and on some dune-and-swale complexes along the shores of the Great Lakes. Soils are circumneutral dry sands. Where this community occurs as part of a dune-and-swale complex it is found on the slopes and ridges of the dunes. The vegetation forms a coniferous savanna of scattered and clumped trees. Patches of bare sand are common. In the tree layer, <i>Pinus banksiana</i> is usually the single most abundant tree, but several other species, including <i>Pinus resinosa</i> and <i>Pinus strobus</i> are typically present. Much of the shrub layer is composed of evergreen species, namely <i>Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, Hudsonia tomentosa, Juniperus horizontalis, Juniperus communis</i>, and <i>Vaccinium angustifolium</i>. The most abundant species of the ground layer include <i>Agrostis hyemalis, Arabis lyrata, Ammophila breviligulata, Calamovilfa longifolia, Danthonia spicata, Deschampsia flexuosa</i>, and <i>Toxicodendron radicans</i>. In dune-swale complexes, the swales between the dunes are often close enough to the water table to support more mesophytic, sometimes even semi-aquatic, plants. Along the shores of the Great Lakes there is often a dense low or creeping shrub layer.  Accession Code: VB.CC.36836.CEGL005125 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: Great Lakes Coast Pine Barrens   Translated: Jack Pine - (Red Pine) - Eastern White Pine / Creeping Juniper Wooded Herbaceous Vegetation   Scientific: Pinus banksiana - (Pinus resinosa) - Pinus strobus / Juniperus horizontalis Wooded Herbaceous Vegetation   Code: CEGL005125   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683418 NatureServe Explorer