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Pinus palustris - Pinus echinata - Quercus montana / Kalmia latifolia - Rhododendron minus Woodland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Pinus palustris - Pinus echinata - Quercus montana / Kalmia latifolia - Rhododendron minus Woodland Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This association potentially occurs on rocky ridges in the southern Cumberland Mountains and southern Ridge and Valley of Alabama and is definitely known from steep rocky river bluffs in the lower Piedmont of Georgia. This vegetation is characterized by a canopy dominated by sparse <i>Pinus palustris</i> with lesser amounts of <i>Pinus echinata</i> and/or <i>Pinus taeda</i>. <i>Quercus montana, Quercus coccinea</i>, and <i>Oxydendrum arboreum</i> are often components of the subcanopy and, in some cases, <i>Quercus montana</i> can be codominant. The shrub layer is nearly completely closed and dominated by <i>Kalmia latifolia</i> and/or <i>Rhododendron minus</i>. Other characteristic woody species include <i>Nyssa sylvatica, Diospyros virginiana, Vaccinium arboreum, Vaccinium stamineum</i>, and <i>Vaccinium pallidum</i>. Characteristic herbs include <i>Eupatorium album, Pityopsis aspera var. adenolepis, Tephrosia virginiana, Chrysopsis mariana, Danthonia spicata, Pteridium aquilinum, Coreopsis major, Epigaea repens, Clinopodium georgianum, Xerophyllum asphodeloides, Schizachyrium scoparium, Andropogon gyrans</i>, and <i>Ionactis linariifolius</i>.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:32479-{1AAEF792-0792-45A5-9F8F-7CCB3B05E130} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 13-May-2011 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Pinus palustris - Pinus echinata - Quercus montana Interior Woodland Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689459 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL003606   Translated: Longleaf Pine - Shortleaf Pine - Chestnut Oak / Mountain Laurel - Piedmont Rhododendron Woodland   Common: Montane Longleaf Pine - Heath Bluff Woodland   Scientific: Pinus palustris - Pinus echinata - Quercus montana / Kalmia latifolia - Rhododendron minus Woodland (convergence) and Synonyms: (similar) Pinus palustris - Pinus echinata - Quercus prinus / Kalmia latifolia - Rhododendron minus Woodland