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Pinus echinata - Quercus alba / Vaccinium pallidum / Hexastylis arifolia - Chimaphila maculata Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Pinus echinata - Quercus alba / Vaccinium pallidum / Hexastylis arifolia - Chimaphila maculata Forest Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This association includes forests dominated by a mixture of <i>Pinus echinata</i> and mesophytic and dry-mesophytic oaks (e.g., <i>Quercus alba, Quercus rubra, Quercus velutina</i>) occurring in the Southern Ridge and Valley, Cumberland Plateau, low-elevation Southern Blue Ridge, and upper Piedmont of the southeastern United States. These forests occur on low to middle slope positions, on protected to intermediately exposed sites. The mixed evergreen - deciduous canopy is dominated by <i>Pinus echinata</i> and <i>Quercus alba</i>, sometimes with high coverage of other <i>Quercus</i> spp. (<i>Quercus velutina, Quercus coccinea, Quercus falcata, Quercus rubra</i>). Xerophytic <i>Quercus</i> spp. such as <i>Quercus montana, Quercus stellata</i>, as well as other species of pines, may be present but are typically not abundant. A well-developed subcanopy is typical, with species such as <i>Acer rubrum, Nyssa sylvatica, Carya glabra, Cornus florida</i>, and <i>Oxydendrum arboreum</i>. The shrub stratum is sparse to patchy with low shrubs (<i>Vaccinium pallidum, Vaccinium stamineum, Vaccinium arboreum, Chimaphila maculata</i>) and vines (<i>Vitis rotundifolia</i>). The herb stratum is patchy to absent. <i>Hexastylis arifolia</i> is a typical herb. Stands without fire management may experience invasion by <i>Acer rubrum</i>. <i>Piptochaetium avenaceum</i> may be an important grass in more open stands.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:36493-{D324D95D-848F-4F5F-ABC1-4092ADDC8E14} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 49
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 01-Aug-2016 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.2.686840 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL008427   Translated: Shortleaf Pine - White Oak / Blue Ridge Blueberry / Arrowleaf Heartleaf - Striped Prince's-pine Forest   Common: Appalachian Shortleaf Pine - Mesic Oak Forest   Scientific: Pinus echinata - Quercus alba / Vaccinium pallidum / Hexastylis arifolia - Chimaphila maculata Forest (convergence) and Synonyms: (similar) CEGL008427 (similar) Pinus echinata - Quercus alba / Vaccinium pallidum / Hexastylis arifolia - Chimaphila maculata Forest (similar) Pinus echinata - Quercus alba / Vaccinium pallidum / Hexastylis arifolia - Chimaphila maculata Forest