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Pinus palustris - Pinus (echinata, taeda) Upper West Gulf Coastal Plain Woodland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Pinus palustris - Pinus (echinata, taeda) Upper West Gulf Coastal Plain Woodland Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This association represents extremely rare occurrences of <i>Pinus palustris</i>-dominated vegetation along the periphery of the historic range limits of the species west of the Mississippi River in the Upper West Gulf Coastal Plain of eastern Texas. As currently understood, this type is not known to occur in Louisiana where <i>Pinus palustris</i>-dominated vegetation did not occur historically in the Upper West Gulf Coastal Plain. However, this type also includes other isolated patches of <i>Pinus palustris</i> vegetation on loamy soils in the region within the West Gulf Coastal Plain but north of the main belt of contiguous pure <i>Pinus palustris</i> vegetation. All known occurrences in Texas are currently extremely isolated from one another and from other <i>Pinus palustris</i> communities. These areas were likely not subject to the most frequent fires typically associated with <i>Pinus palustris</i>. Due to infrequency of natural fires and loamy soil conditions, the overstory may be somewhat closed and supports a natural mixture of <i>Pinus palustris, Pinus echinata</i>, and <i>Pinus taeda</i>. No known examples have an open, woodland structure, but this type is placed in the <i>Pinus palustris</i> Woodland Alliance. In some stands, the only <i>Pinus palustris</i> present are relicts. This type has a well-developed, fairly diverse layer of hardwoods in the subcanopy, midstory, and short-shrub stratum. The herbaceous layer may be sparse to non-existent, and no particular species are diagnostic of this type. However, this type lacks species typical of xeric and very dry environments of the region.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:36543-{D60C47AB-ADE3-4BD3-B51E-D7B9771E5C89} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 2
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 16-May-2002 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Pinus palustris / Schizachyrium scoparium West Gulf Coastal Plain Woodland Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683815 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL008482   Translated: Longleaf Pine - (Shortleaf Pine, Loblolly Pine) Upper West Gulf Coastal Plain Woodland   Common: Texas Upper West Gulf Coastal Plain Longleaf Pine Woodland   Scientific: Pinus palustris - Pinus (echinata, taeda) Upper West Gulf Coastal Plain Woodland (convergence) and Synonyms: (similar) CEGL008482 (similar) Pinus palustris - Pinus (echinata, taeda) Upper West Gulf Coastal Plain Woodland (similar) Pinus palustris - Pinus (echinata, taeda) Upper West Gulf Coastal Plain Woodland