Name:
Pinus rigida / Calamovilfa brevipilis Wet Scrub
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
This shrubland is a globally rare type of pitch pine lowland ranked G1S1 (Breden et al. 2001, p. 86), which is restricted to the central New Jersey Pinelands, including the Fort Dix Impact Area, lowlands near the Pine Plains, and a few seasonally flooded margins of palustrine grasslands in Wharton State Forest. This association typically has an open to very open canopy of <i>Pinus rigida</i> and a well-developed stratum of <i>Calamovilfa brevipilis</i>. An open or sparse shrub stratum often mixes with the grass and is dominated by <i>Gaylussacia dumosa</i>, with smaller amounts of <i>Vaccinium corymbosum, Ilex glabra, Gaylussacia baccata</i>, and <i>Kalmia angustifolia</i>, or rarely <i>Chamaedaphne calyculata</i>. In sites seasonally flooded with a few inches of water, <i>Calamovilfa brevipilis</i> can dominate with only very sparse shrub cover. In sites frequently burned every 1-3 years such as at Fort Dix, the shrub cover becomes low, sparse and overtopped by the grass stratum. In sites with annual burning or longer/deeper periods of seasonal flooding, this savanna gives way to sandreed palustrine grassland. Associated herbs, many of which are rare species, can include <i>Sphagnum</i> spp., <i>Gentiana autumnalis, Andropogon glomeratus, Panicum virgatum, Muhlenbergia torreyana, Carex barrattii, Platanthera cristata, Rhynchospora cephalantha, Rhynchospora pallida, Prenanthes autumnalis, Solidago stricta, Polygala lutea, Polygala cruciata, Bartonia paniculata</i>, and <i>Scleria minor</i>.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:35268-{2408E667-2FEF-4A97-A7D2-F0DF555EEF6E}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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