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Pinus rigida / Gaylussacia baccata Scrub | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Pinus rigida / Gaylussacia baccata Scrub
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This dwarf pitch pine community is restricted to a single occurrence in New York on a flat-topped summit with thin soils over a white quartzite conglomerate. The flat topography and impermeable substrate at times fosters a seasonally high water table, although this community is not a wetland. The physiognomy is a dense, compact and short (2 m) canopy of pines and huckleberry. This community is dominated by dwarf individuals of <i>Pinus rigida</i> and by <i>Gaylussacia baccata</i>. Other characteristic woody plants associated with the dwarf pine are <i>Viburnum nudum var. cassinoides, Aronia melanocarpa</i>, and <i>Betula populifolia</i>. A low-shrub stratum is composed of <i>Vaccinium angustifolium, Vaccinium pallidum, Comptonia peregrina</i>, and <i>Kalmia angustifolia</i>. Other associated species in the ground layer include <i>Gaultheria procumbens, Cornus canadensis, Maianthemum canadense, Cypripedium acaule</i> and <i>Melampyrum lineare</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:34728-{78E71FC7-24E1-4AF8-A460-9DC17DE7343B}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 03-Dec-1998 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689237 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL006079
  Translated: Pitch Pine / Black Huckleberry Scrub
  Common: Dwarf Pine Ridge
  Scientific: Pinus rigida / Gaylussacia baccata Scrub
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) Pinus rigida / Gaylussacia baccata Shrubland
(similar) CEGL006079
(similar) Pinus rigida - Gaylussacia baccata Shrubland