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Pinus strobus - (Pinus resinosa) Driftless Bluff Forest | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Pinus strobus - (Pinus resinosa) Driftless Bluff Forest
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Description: This pine bluff forest occurs on steep sandstone or, rarely, limestone bluffs in the Driftless Area of the upper midwestern United States. Stands occur in small patches 0.1-2 ha in size. The soils are shallow, poorly developed, and often acidic. Runoff and leaching are severe due to the slope and the porous nature of the bedrock. <i>Pinus strobus</i> typically dominates the overstory, with <i>Pinus resinosa</i> and <i>Tsuga canadensis</i> either present or locally dominant. Other hardwood associates include <i>Betula papyrifera, Populus tremuloides, Quercus alba, Quercus velutina, Ostrya virginiana</i>. The composition of the understory is variable but typically contains herbs and shrubs with more northerly distributions, such as <i>Diervilla lonicera, Vaccinium myrtilloides, Eurybia macrophylla (= Aster macrophyllus), Chimaphila umbellata, Gaultheria procumbens, Lycopodium obscurum, Mitchella repens, Pyrola americana (= Pyrola rotundifolia)</i>, and <i>Trientalis borealis</i>, as well as some prairie species, including <i>Amorpha canescens, Coreopsis palmata</i>, and <i>Dodecatheon meadia</i>. This community is a relict, thought to have existed in the Driftless Area since at least the Wisconsin glaciation. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.36891.CEGL002378
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: White Pine - (Red Pine) Driftless Bluff Forest
  Translated: Eastern White Pine - (Red Pine) Driftless Bluff Forest
  Scientific: Pinus strobus - (Pinus resinosa) Driftless Bluff Forest
  Code: CEGL002378
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686787 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo