Name:
Quercus stellata - (Pinus echinata) / Schizachyrium scoparium - Symphyotrichum georgianum Woodland
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
This community consists of one of two prairie-like woodlands associated with diabase in the Carolina Piedmont, representing the south-central North Carolina Piedmont and adjacent South Carolina type. This community has very variable structure and species composition, depending on land-use history and local fire regime. Historically, this community is believed to have been herbaceous-dominated with a widely scattered, open canopy of trees and patches of shrubs and fire-sprouting overstory species. Due largely to fire suppression, most known examples occur as a dense woody growth with generally closed canopy. A few examples which are being restored have a more typical, stunted woodland structure, with canopy cover ranging from 40-70%. High-quality examples are expected to have an open grass-dominated herb layer, and an overstory dominated by <i>Quercus stellata</i>, often with some component of <i>Pinus echinata, Quercus marilandica</i>, and <i>Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana</i>. Common subcanopy species may include <i>Cercis canadensis</i> and <i>Cornus florida</i>. Common shrubs include <i>Viburnum rafinesqueanum, Ilex longipes, Vaccinium arboreum, Symphoricarpos orbiculatus</i>, and <i>Hypericum prolificum</i>. Common herb species include <i>Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium, Andropogon virginicus, Silphium terebinthinaceum, Symphyotrichum patens var. patens, Symphyotrichum georgianum, Ionactis linariifolius, Solidago nemoralis, Coreopsis major, Eryngium yuccifolium, Phlox nivalis, Oligoneuron album, Oligoneuron rigidum, Opuntia humifusa, Phemeranthus teretifolius, Trichostema brachiatum, Ratibida pinnata, Sporobolus vaginiflorus, Sporobolus clandestinus, Ranunculus fascicularis, Symphyotrichum laeve, Veronicastrum virginicum, Liatris aspera, Liatris</i> spp., <i>Verbena simplex, Aquilegia canadensis, Senna marilandica, Physostegia virginiana</i>, and <i>Clematis ochroleuca</i>.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:32578-{80588DA6-BF2B-47BF-897F-42D7A6450E6E}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
12
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