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Pinus rigida - Quercus ilicifolia / Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Scrub | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Pinus rigida - Quercus ilicifolia / Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Scrub
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This dwarf pine plains community of Long Island, New York, is characterized by a canopy codominated by dwarfed pitch pine and scrub oak ranging in height from 1.2-2.4 m. The community occurs on coarse, xeric infertile sands of a nearly level outwash plain. The community is depauperate in vascular plants, with most of the biomass composed of <i>Pinus rigida, Quercus ilicifolia, Gaylussacia baccata, Vaccinium pallidum, Hudsonia ericoides, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi</i>, and <i>Gaultheria procumbens</i>. Lichens make up a substantial portion of the ground layer and include <i>Cetraria arenaria, Cladonia arbuscula ssp. mitis, Cladonia submitis, Cladonia stellaris, Cladonia cristatella, Punctelia rudecta, Parmelia saxatilis</i>, and <i>Peltigera canina</i>. Sandy openings often support <i>Hudsonia ericoides, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, Gaultheria procumbens</i>, as well as forbs such as <i>Ionactis linariifolius, Polygonella articulata</i>, and <i>Hypericum gentianoides</i>. This community is the favored nesting habitat for the prairie warbler and brown thrasher, and is prime habitat for the pine barrens buck moth. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:34746-{298A32E7-DCF8-4626-87A4-AA5295023F9E}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 07-Dec-1998 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686569 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL006097
  Translated: Pitch Pine - Bear Oak / Bearberry Scrub
  Common: Northern Dwarf Pine Plains
  Scientific: Pinus rigida - Quercus ilicifolia / Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Scrub
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) Pinus rigida - Quercus ilicifolia / Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Shrubland
(similar) CEGL006097
(similar) Pinus rigida - Quercus ilicifolia / Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Shrubland