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Quercus falcata - Carya pallida - Pinus spp. Mid-Atlantic Paleodune Woodland Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Quercus falcata - Carya pallida - Pinus spp. Mid-Atlantic Paleodune Woodland Alliance
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This alliance consists of dry, nutrient-poor oak forests of sandy soils and ancient river terraces and paleodunes on the Atlantic Coastal Plain and Piedmont from New Jersey south to Virginia. It occurs on well-drained to xeric substrates, and occasionally on dry upland flats with hardpan soils. Characteristic species include <i>Quercus alba, Quercus falcata, Quercus velutina, Quercus stellata, Carya pallida, Carya tomentosa</i>, and others. Pines, usually <i>Pinus virginiana</i> but may include <i>Pinus rigida</i> or <i>Pinus echinata</i>, are of various cover, and in some examples are dominant. Ericaceous shrubs and/or shrub oaks <i>Quercus ilicifolia</i> and <i>Quercus prinoides</i> dominate the understory, and the field layer is characterized by dry-site graminoids such as <i>Carex pensylvanica, Schizachyrium scoparium</i>, and forbs and ferns such as <i>Gaultheria procumbens</i> and <i>Pteridium aquilinum</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38406-{D8EFB04C-8466-4EC1-8F22-F9FF20CAE985}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 30-Dec-2015 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.899243 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A3113
  Translated: Southern Red Oak - Sand Hickory - Pine species Mid-Atlantic Paleodune Woodland Alliance
  Common: Mid-Atlantic Paleodune Dry Oak - Sand Hickory Forest
  Scientific: Quercus falcata - Carya pallida - Pinus spp. Mid-Atlantic Paleodune Woodland Alliance