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Pinus palustris / Rhus aromatica / Salvia urticifolia - Piptochaetium avenaceum Basic Woodland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Pinus palustris / Rhus aromatica / Salvia urticifolia - Piptochaetium avenaceum Basic Woodland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This community is characterized by an open canopy of <i>Pinus palustris</i> and <i>Pinus echinata</i> patchily distributed over low shrubs, dense grasses, and sparse forbs, occurring along the eastern end of Pine Mountain in the Piedmont of Georgia (in the vicinity of Sprewell Bluff on the Flint River). This community occurs on upper slopes and ridgetops over basic soils that are presumed to have influence from pockets of calcium-rich biotite gneiss within an area that is more typically characterized by sterile soils developed over Hollis quartzite. <i>Quercus margarettae</i> and other sandhill scrub oaks are common to sparse in the subcanopy (<i>Quercus laevis</i> and <i>Quercus incana</i>). A patchy low-shrub layer is typified by <i>Rhus aromatica</i> and <i>Yucca filamentosa</i>. The occurrence of scattered <i>Ptelea trifoliata</i> is also diagnostic of this type. Dominant or characteristic graminoids and forbs include <i>Piptochaetium avenaceum, Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium, Sorghastrum nutans, Salvia urticifolia, Eryngium yuccifolium, Eupatorium album, Lathyrus venosus, Baptisia bracteata, Liatris</i> sp., and <i>Delphinium carolinianum</i>. This community includes related open gladelike graminoid vegetation that is floristically related but with little to very sparse woody cover (primarily patchy <i>Prunus umbellata</i>) and with scattered exposed biotite gneiss boulders and outcroppings. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:35335-{E395CEE6-A3C5-4A3A-AD13-FF20CABFA757}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 13-May-2011 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.861491 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL007018
  Translated: Longleaf Pine / Fragrant Sumac / Nettleleaf Sage - Blackseed Speargrass Basic Woodland
  Common: Georgia Piedmont Longleaf Pine Basic Woodland
  Scientific: Pinus palustris / Rhus aromatica / Salvia urticifolia - Piptochaetium avenaceum Basic Woodland
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(similar) Pinus palustris / Rhus aromatica / Salvia urticifolia - Piptochaetium avenaceum Basic Woodland