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Tsuga caroliniana - Pinus (rigida, pungens, virginiana) Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Tsuga caroliniana - Pinus (rigida, pungens, virginiana) Forest Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This association is known from shallow soils over sedimentary and metasedimentary rock strata on exposed ridges and southwest-facing slopes above 610 m (2000 feet) elevation in the Southern Blue Ridge and upper Piedmont of North Carolina and Tennessee. This xeric forest community is dominated by a mixture of <i>Tsuga caroliniana</i> and any or all of the following pine species: <i>Pinus rigida, Pinus virginiana</i>, and/or <i>Pinus pungens</i>. Additional canopy species may include <i>Quercus montana, Quercus rubra</i>, and <i>Carya glabra</i>. The structure of the canopy varies from closed to open depending on disturbance history and environment. The patchy to open shrub layer of Tennessee occurrences is characterized by <i>Buckleya distichophylla</i> and <i>Rhododendron minus</i> in the upper shrub layer, and <i>Vaccinium pallidum</i> and <i>Gaultheria procumbens</i> in the lower shrub layer. The patchy to open herbaceous layer is characterized by <i>Schizachyrium scoparium</i>. As much as 25% of the ground cover may contain lichens, including <i>Cladonia rangiferina</i> and <i>Cladonia subtenuis</i>.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:34826-{D6B13E16-E6FE-497A-ABA8-4AA35FF61957} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 9
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Tsuga caroliniana Woodland Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684046 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL006178   Translated: Carolina Hemlock - (Pitch Pine, Table Mountain Pine, Virginia Pine) Forest   Common: Carolina Hemlock Forest (Pine Type)   Scientific: Tsuga caroliniana - Pinus (rigida, pungens, virginiana) Forest (convergence) and Synonyms: (similar) Tsuga caroliniana - Pinus (rigida, pungens, virginiana) Forest (similar) Tsuga caroliniana - Pinus (rigida, pungens, virginiana) Forest (similar) CEGL006178