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Pinus echinata / Schizachyrium scoparium Appalachian Woodland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Pinus echinata / Schizachyrium scoparium Appalachian Woodland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: These fire-maintained, shortleaf pine woodlands occurred historically in the Appalachian regions of Alabama, north through Georgia, Tennessee, and Kentucky on dry ridges and slopes or rock outcrops. Almost no intact examples are known to persist, although restoration efforts are underway in the Daniel Boone National Forest, Kentucky, the Chattahoochee National Forest, Georgia, and in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee. Stands of these woodlands are dominated by <i>Pinus echinata</i>, with less than 25% cover by <i>Quercus</i> spp. They may contain an admixture of <i>Pinus virginiana</i> or <i>Pinus rigida</i>. The canopy can range from an open forest to woodland structure. The understory is open and dominated by graminoids and forbs. This community historically provided habitat for montane populations of red-cockaded woodpecker (<i>Picoides borealis</i>). More information is needed to characterize and distinguish this community. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:32433-{8076D726-24A3-4AC4-ADBA-DF0C672CA1E1}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 6
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 31-Dec-2014 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684270 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL003560
  Translated: Shortleaf Pine / Little Bluestem Appalachian Woodland
  Common: Appalachian Shortleaf Pine / Little Bluestem Woodland
  Scientific: Pinus echinata / Schizachyrium scoparium Appalachian Woodland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL003560
(similar) Pinus echinata / Schizachyrium scoparium Appalachian Woodland
(similar) Pinus echinata / Schizachyrium scoparium Appalachian Woodland