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Pinus echinata - Quercus montana - Quercus (coccinea, velutina) Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Pinus echinata - Quercus montana - Quercus (coccinea, velutina) Forest Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This association represents the shortleaf pine - oak forests of West Virginia. These are mixed evergreen - deciduous forests dominated by pines, including <i>Pinus echinata</i>, and oaks, with an understory dominated by heath shrubs. Associated pines include <i>Pinus virginiana</i> and <i>Pinus rigida</i>. Deciduous canopy trees include <i>Quercus montana, Quercus coccinea</i>, and <i>Quercus velutina</i>. Characteristic subcanopy trees include <i>Oxydendrum arboreum</i> and <i>Nyssa sylvatica</i>. Understory shrubs include <i>Gaylussacia baccata</i> and <i>Vaccinium pallidum</i>. Herbs are sparse, but include dry-site species such as <i>Danthonia spicata, Hieracium venosum</i>, and <i>Potentilla canadensis</i>. Stands occur in small patches in sites with high solar exposure, on knobs and along ridges and ridge spurs, in the dissected Western Allegheny Plateau. Soils are dry and acidic, with low fertility. There is often evidence of past fires. <i>Pinus echinata</i> is shade-intolerant and stands are presumed to have established following land clearing, fire, or other canopy disturbance. <i>Pinus echinata</i> is fire-tolerant and short fire intervals tend to favor this species in preference to <i>Pinus virginiana</i>. Stands of <i>Pinus echinata</i> may persist without disturbance for a century or more, and the trees are tall and long-lived.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:33538-{9430BBDB-8457-4840-A6E2-97E720D64491} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 14-Jan-2015 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Pinus echinata - Pinus pungens - Quercus montana Appalachian Woodland Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.690009 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL004761   Translated: Shortleaf Pine - Chestnut Oak - (Scarlet Oak, Black Oak) Forest   Common: Allegheny Shortleaf Pine - Oak Forest   Scientific: Pinus echinata - Quercus montana - Quercus (coccinea, velutina) Forest (convergence) and Synonyms: (similar) CEGL004761