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Quercus stellata - Quercus velutina / Morella pensylvanica / Deschampsia flexuosa Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Quercus stellata - Quercus velutina / Morella pensylvanica / Deschampsia flexuosa Forest
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This vegetation is a maritime oak forest of bluffs, sand spits, and salt marsh borders along the North Atlantic Coast. It is dominated by stunted, wind- and salt-pruned <i>Quercus stellata, Quercus velutina, Quercus coccinea</i>, and <i>Quercus alba</i>. <i>Juniperus virginiana</i> may contribute a minor cover to the canopy. A dense shrub layer is made up of <i>Morella pensylvanica, Gaylussacia baccata</i>, and <i>Prunus serotina</i> with a heavy component of vines such as <i>Smilax rotundifolia, Toxicodendron radicans, Parthenocissus quinquefolia</i>, and <i>Vitis aestivalis</i>. Herbaceous species are sparse and include <i>Deschampsia flexuosa</i>. Vegetation varies to a degree along topo-edaphic gradients. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:35017-{BFD2E2B3-3897-432F-A2D1-90701A436C34}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 1
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 09-May-2002 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683167 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL006373
  Translated: Post Oak - Black Oak / Northern Bayberry / Wavy Hairgrass Forest
  Common: North Atlantic Coast Maritime Post Oak Forest
  Scientific: Quercus stellata - Quercus velutina / Morella pensylvanica / Deschampsia flexuosa Forest
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL006373
(similar) Quercus stellata - Quercus velutina / Morella pensylvanica / Deschampsia flexuosa Forest
(similar) Quercus stellata - Quercus velutina / Morella pensylvanica / Deschampsia flexuosa Forest