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Pinus rigida - Nyssa sylvatica / Clethra alnifolia - Eubotrys racemosa Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Pinus rigida - Nyssa sylvatica / Clethra alnifolia - Eubotrys racemosa Forest
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This Pine Barrens lowland forest occurs on saturated sandy soils along braided streams or in depressions in southern New Jersey and on the Coastal Plain of Maryland. The canopy is a mixture of <i>Pinus rigida, Acer rubrum, Nyssa sylvatica</i>, with <i>Liquidambar styraciflua</i> in New Jersey. The canopy ranges from mixed deciduous-evergreen to deciduous. The subcanopy is characterized by <i>Magnolia virginiana</i>, with occasional <i>Ilex opaca</i>. Typical shrubs include <i>Clethra alnifolia, Eubotrys racemosa, Gaylussacia frondosa</i>, and <i>Vaccinium corymbosum</i>. There is often significant cover of <i>Smilax rotundifolia</i> vines. The herbaceous stratum includes <i>Osmunda cinnamomea</i> and <i>Gaultheria procumbens</i>. Other species of the herbaceous layer may include <i>Woodwardia areolata, Chasmanthium laxum, Carex folliculata, Bartonia paniculata, Carex atlantica, Carex seorsa, Glyceria striata</i>, and <i>Lycopus virginicus</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:35303-{7F324CC0-FC8D-4331-95E3-B98E934151F2}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 29-May-2007 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687022 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL006926
  Translated: Pitch Pine - Blackgum / Coastal Sweet-pepperbush - Swamp Doghobble Forest
  Common: Pine Barrens Lowland Forest
  Scientific: Pinus rigida - Nyssa sylvatica / Clethra alnifolia - Eubotrys racemosa Forest
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) Pinus rigida - Nyssa sylvatica / Clethra alnifolia - Leucothoe racemosa Forest