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Acer rubrum - Pinus virginiana - Pinus rigida / Smilax spp. Serpentine Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Acer rubrum - Pinus virginiana - Pinus rigida / Smilax spp. Serpentine Forest
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This serpentine plant community of Pennsylvania and Maryland is associated with soils derived from weathered serpentine bedrock and typically occurs at mid- to low-slope positions characterized by somewhat moist to moist soils. Soil texture is typically silt loam or occasionally clay loam. Soil depth typically exceeds 50 cm. Dominant canopy trees include <i>Acer rubrum, Pinus virginiana, Pinus rigida</i>, and <i>Juniperus virginiana</i>. The subcanopy is dominated by <i>Acer rubrum</i>. The shrub layer is characterized by <i>Lindera benzoin</i> and <i>Acer rubrum</i>. The herbaceous layer is dominated by <i>Microstegium vimineum, Smilax rotundifolia, Smilax glauca</i>, and <i>Lonicera japonica</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:35082-{36721EF1-9EA6-4F8B-84B6-F91C4AEA327B}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 20-Sep-2005 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.787687 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL006439
  Translated: Red Maple - Virginia Pine - Pitch Pine / Greenbrier species Serpentine Forest
  Common: Red Maple - Pine Serpentine Forest
  Scientific: Acer rubrum - Pinus virginiana - Pinus rigida / Smilax spp. Serpentine Forest
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(similar) Acer rubrum - Pinus virginiana - Pinus rigida / Smilax spp. Serpentine Forest