Name:
Pinus echinata - Quercus stellata - Quercus marilandica / Andropogon gyrans - Chrysopsis mariana Woodland
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
This association includes Piedmont woodlands on soils derived from mafic rock (metavolcanics of the Carolina Slate Belt). The canopy is dominated by <i>Quercus stellata, Pinus echinata, Quercus marilandica</i>, and <i>Quercus montana</i>. Characteristic tree species include <i>Carya tomentosa, Carya carolinae-septentrionalis, Diospyros virginiana, Pinus virginiana, Quercus velutina, Fraxinus americana</i>, and <i>Liquidambar styraciflua</i>. Understory and shrub species include <i>Vaccinium arboreum, Viburnum rufidulum, Cercis canadensis var. canadensis, Ceanothus americanus, Rhus copallinum, Rhus glabra, Vaccinium tenellum, Vaccinium pallidum</i>, and <i>Cornus florida</i>. The diverse herbaceous stratum is dominated by <i>Andropogon gyrans var. gyrans, Clitoria mariana, Dichanthelium depauperatum</i>, and <i>Phaseolus polystachios</i> with <i>Cunila origanoides, Symphyotrichum dumosum var. dumosum, Symphyotrichum patens var. patens, Aureolaria pedicularia var. pedicularia, Conyza canadensis, Dichanthelium commutatum, Helianthus schweinitzii, Helianthus divaricatus, Rubus argutus, Salvia lyrata, Scleria triglomerata, Solidago nemoralis var. nemoralis, Solidago odora var. odora</i>, and <i>Sorghastrum nutans</i>, among others. This is a relatively species-rich community type. The exotics <i>Ailanthus altissima, Sorghum halepense</i> and <i>Lonicera japonica</i> may be present.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:33235-{06BF346C-DE4B-4533-9F34-AAEFBFE396A0}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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