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Pinus palustris - Pinus echinata / Schizachyrium scoparium - Manfreda virginica Serpentine Woodland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Pinus palustris - Pinus echinata / Schizachyrium scoparium - Manfreda virginica Serpentine Woodland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This community is characterized by a 10- to 14-m canopy of <i>Pinus palustris</i> and <i>Pinus echinata</i> patchily distributed over low shrubs, grasses, and forbs, with small, scattered rocky outcrops of serpentine in the Piedmont of Georgia. <i>Quercus marilandica</i> is common in the subcanopy. Common herbs and vines include <i>Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium, Baptisia alba, Chrysopsis mariana, Centrosema virginianum, Gelsemium sempervirens</i>, and <i>Manfreda virginica</i>. This community occurs on upper slopes and ridgetops over dry, rocky soils. Soils are classified as Alfisols and are derived from serpentine parent material. This community grades into woodlands dominated by <i>Quercus marilandica</i> on the surrounding lower slopes. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:32481-{3A65D759-EA0B-454C-BADA-45CC0B2FA87A}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 23-Oct-2002 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686766 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL003608
  Translated: Longleaf Pine - Shortleaf Pine / Little Bluestem - False Aloe Serpentine Woodland
  Common: Georgia Piedmont Longleaf Pine Serpentine Woodland
  Scientific: Pinus palustris - Pinus echinata / Schizachyrium scoparium - Manfreda virginica Serpentine Woodland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) Pinus palustris - Pinus echinata / Schizachyrium scoparium - Manfreda virginica Serpentine Woodland
(similar) Pinus palustris - Pinus echinata / Schizachyrium scoparium - Manfreda virginica Serpentine Woodland
(similar) CEGL003608