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Pinus taeda - Quercus alba - Chamaecyparis thyoides / Kalmia latifolia - Lyonia lucida Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Pinus taeda - Quercus alba - Chamaecyparis thyoides / Kalmia latifolia - Lyonia lucida Forest
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This association occurs on steep bluffs of clayey and sandy sediment along incised streams in the Sandhills and Inner Coastal Plain. It is known only from the central Cape Fear River valley of North Carolina, where several tributary streams and rivers have cut deep, gorge-like incised valleys into the underlying Cretaceous sediments. Bluffs may be up to 20 m tall. The vegetation is a forest with a dense shrub layer. Canopy, understory, and shrub layers are all diverse and support combinations of wetland species, upland species, and species rare in the Coastal Plain. <i>Pinus taeda, Quercus alba, Chamaecyparis thyoides, Quercus nigra</i>, and <i>Acer rubrum var. trilobum</i> are the most frequent and abundant canopy species. The most abundant and frequent subcanopy species are <i>Cornus florida</i> and <i>Ilex opaca</i>, but <i>Nyssa sylvatica, Persea palustris, Magnolia virginiana</i>, and <i>Oxydendrum arboreum</i> are common. The shrub layer is very dense. <i>Kalmia latifolia</i> and <i>Hamamelis virginiana</i> are generally most abundant but not strongly dominant. A large but variable suite of other shrubs is present, with <i>Lyonia lucida, Gaylussacia frondosa, Cyrilla racemiflora, Vaccinium elliottii, Symplocos tinctoria, Arundinaria tecta</i>, and <i>Leucothoe axillaris</i> common. <i>Smilax rotundifolia, Smilax laurifolia</i>, and <i>Gelsemium sempervirens</i> are abundant. The herb layer is sparse. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:33137-{B81BA1F4-C8E5-420C-A272-5B3028EB6CE5}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 16-Jan-2009 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.820772 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL004304
  Translated: Loblolly Pine - White Oak - Atlantic White-cedar / Mountain Laurel - Shining Fetterbush Forest
  Common: Cape Fear Valley Mixed Bluff Forest
  Scientific: Pinus taeda - Quercus alba - Chamaecyparis thyoides / Kalmia latifolia - Lyonia lucida Forest