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Pinus echinata - Pinus taeda - Quercus stellata Forest Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Pinus echinata - Pinus taeda - Quercus stellata Forest Alliance
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This alliance includes stands of dry or possibly dry-mesic mixed pine-oak vegetation in the West Gulf Coastal Plain west of the Mississippi River. Examples are dominated by <i>Pinus echinata</i> or <i>Pinus taeda</i> either solely or in combination, with a diagnostic component of <i>Quercus stellata</i>. Other species which may be locally important in the overstory include <i>Quercus marilandica, Quercus falcata, Carya texana</i>, and <i>Carya tomentosa</i>. A number of shrub and herbaceous species are usually present which are intermediate in moisture preference. This vegetation was historically subject to frequent fires which created relatively open, woodland structure and in some case species-rich understories. Most current examples have been fire-suppressed for varying time periods and consequently are more densely wooded and believed to be less species-rich than historically. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38417-{4841D613-72AC-4654-9935-37F9F66AEFAC}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 08-Jan-2014 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.899254 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A3129
  Translated: Shortleaf Pine - Loblolly Pine - Post Oak Forest Alliance
  Common: West Gulf Coastal Plain Shortleaf Pine - Post Oak Forest
  Scientific: Pinus echinata - Pinus taeda - Quercus stellata Forest Alliance