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Quercus montana - Quercus stellata - Pinus echinata / Vaccinium pallidum / Schizachyrium scoparium Scrub | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Quercus montana - Quercus stellata - Pinus echinata / Vaccinium pallidum / Schizachyrium scoparium Scrub
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This community is an open xeric woodland occurring over thin soils over shallow bedrock but without substantial rock outcrop. <i>Quercus montana, Quercus stellata, Pinus echinata</i>, and <i>Pinus virginiana</i> are the predominant trees, in varying proportions. Other trees may include <i>Juniperus virginiana, Quercus marilandica, Quercus alba</i>, and <i>Carya glabra</i>. The undergrowth may be dominated either by grasses or by short clonal shrubs such as <i>Vaccinium pallidum</i> or <i>Gaylussacia baccata</i>. Grassy areas are generally dominated by <i>Schizachyrium scoparium</i>, but may include <i>Danthonia spicata, Piptochaetium avenaceum, Andropogon gerardii, Andropogon ternarius, Andropogon gyrans</i>, and <i>Sorghastrum nutans</i>. A variety of forbs may also be present, including <i>Tephrosia virginiana, Pityopsis graminifolia, Pteridium aquilinum, Parthenium integrifolium, Cunila origanoides</i>, and <i>Coreopsis verticillata</i>. This community is known from North Carolina and has been reported from Georgia. No examples are known in Virginia. It may possibly be found in South Carolina. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:33679-{DE1CCE2F-F93E-4BE7-BF5F-CB302262F8DB}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 21
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 28-Jun-2018 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.859797 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL004910
  Translated: Chestnut Oak - Post Oak - Shortleaf Pine/ Blue Ridge Blueberry / Little Bluestem Scrub
  Common: Piedmont Acidic Glade
  Scientific: Quercus montana - Quercus stellata - Pinus echinata / Vaccinium pallidum / Schizachyrium scoparium Scrub
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) Quercus prinus - Quercus stellata - (Pinus virginiana, Pinus echinata) / Vaccinium pallidum / Schizachyrium scoparium Woodland