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Pinus taeda Forest Plantation | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Pinus taeda Forest Plantation Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This association represents young, monospecific planted stands of <i>Pinus taeda</i>. Due to the commercial value of this species, this type is widely distributed across much of the southeastern United States from the Interior Highlands to the Coastal Plain, including areas outside the natural range of the species. The core concept of stands attributable to this type are those which support dense, often perfect rows of planted <i>Pinus taeda</i> or otherwise dense, young stands which are established, managed, and/or maintained for the extraction of forest products (usually pulpwood). In most cases these stands support almost no other tree species in the overstory. Understory composition and density can vary widely depending upon location, management history, and stand age. Stands are typically established with mechanical planting, but may also be established through other means. This association rarely exceeds 20-40 years of age on most timberlands. Excluded from this association are plantation stands which have "broken up" with age or thinning to approximate a more natural structure. Dense planting in rows, if successful, tends to result in nearly complete canopy closure which persists until the stand has either been regenerated or transitions into a different association. Herbaceous ground cover of any kind tends to be sparse due to reduction during site preparation, the typically dense canopy cover, and to the fact that many young plantations are infrequently burned at best.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:37925-{513E37B5-FD23-44FA-9B45-420793EDFE32} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 23-Jul-2007 to: ongoing
	status: accepted This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687941 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CST007179   Translated: Loblolly Pine Forest Plantation   Common: Loblolly Pine Plantation   Scientific: Pinus taeda Forest Plantation