Name:
Pinus rigida - Pinus taeda Maritime Forest & Woodland Alliance
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
This alliance comprises maritime and coastal forests found on the Outer Coastal Plain and on barrier islands in sheltered backdunes protected from overwash, or directly adjacent to actively shifting foredunes that are exposed to salt spray, winds and storms. One association is adjacent to tidal marsh and experiences irregular tidal flooding. <i>Pinus taeda</i> or <i>Pinus rigida</i> are characteristic, with deciduous associates sometimes including <i>Fagus grandifolia, Liquidambar styraciflua, Quercus falcata</i>, or <i>Quercus nigra</i> in the mid-Atlantic, and <i>Quercus velutina, Quercus stellata</i>, or <i>Quercus coccinea</i> in the northeast. <i>Juniperus virginiana</i> may be frequent. The shrub layer can include <i>Gaylussacia baccata, Quercus ilicifolia, Vaccinium angustifolium, Vaccinium pallidum, Morella pensylvanica</i>, or <i>Morella cerifera</i>. Vines and lianas are nearly always present in abundance, including <i>Vitis rotundifolia, Toxicodendron radicans, Smilax rotundifolia, Smilax glauca</i>, and <i>Parthenocissus quinquefolia</i>, as well as <i>Smilax bona-nox</i> and <i>Gelsemium sempervirens</i> at the southern end of the range. The field layer may support <i>Aristida tuberculosa, Carex pensylvanica, Cyperus grayi, Deschampsia flexuosa, Dichanthelium ovale, Dichanthelium scoparium, Elephantopus nudatus, Lechea maritima var. virginica, Gaultheria procumbens, Hudsonia tomentosa, Mitchella repens, Polygonella articulata, Pteridium aquilinum, Schizachyrium littorale, Schizachyrium scoparium</i>, and <i>Solidago sempervirens</i>. Where this vegetation occurs adjacent to salt marsh, <i>Spartina patens, Panicum virgatum</i>, and <i>Distichlis spicata</i> may be more characteristic. Soils are sandy and rapidly drained.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38400-{A5533542-B2F7-444F-AD0A-5CEBFCD4EEE4}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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