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Pinus echinata / Vaccinium (pallidum, stamineum) - Kalmia latifolia Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Pinus echinata / Vaccinium (pallidum, stamineum) - Kalmia latifolia Forest Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: These forests occur in the lower elevations (below 730 m [2400 feet]) of the southern Appalachian Mountains on ridges and upper slopes, typically with southern to western exposures. This association includes forest vegetation with greater than 75% of the canopy cover of <i>Pinus echinata</i>, occurring over a shrub stratum dominated by ericaceous species, typically <i>Vaccinium pallidum, Vaccinium stamineum</i>, and <i>Kalmia latifolia</i>. Deciduous species make-up less than 25% of the canopy coverage and may include <i>Quercus falcata, Quercus coccinea</i>, or, in the southern part of this association's range, <i>Quercus stellata</i> and <i>Quercus marilandica</i>. This community often has a midstory tree stratum with <i>Oxydendrum arboreum, Carya pallida, Cornus florida</i>, or <i>Diospyros virginiana</i>. Other characteristic species include <i>Smilax glauca, Silphium compositum, Pteridium aquilinum var. latiusculum, Scleria oligantha, Piptochaetium avenaceum</i>, and <i>Tephrosia virginiana</i>.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:35393-{A94494DC-687B-4BB0-A00A-3AEAC6E0912B} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 9
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Pinus echinata - Pinus pungens - Quercus montana Appalachian Woodland Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689027 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL007078   Translated: Shortleaf Pine / (Blue Ridge Blueberry, Deerberry) - Mountain Laurel Forest   Common: Appalachian Shortleaf Pine Forest   Scientific: Pinus echinata / Vaccinium (pallidum, stamineum) - Kalmia latifolia Forest (convergence) and Synonyms: (similar) Pinus echinata / Vaccinium (pallidum, stamineum) - Kalmia latifolia Forest (similar) CEGL007078 (similar) Pinus echinata / Vaccinium (pallidum, stamineum) - Kalmia latifolia Forest