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Pinus clausa Scrub Woodland Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Pinus clausa Scrub Woodland Alliance
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This alliance comprises <i>Pinus clausa</i> scrub communities of Florida and southern Alabama, occurring on coastal and inland sand ridges, including those on coarse, white sands ("sugar sands"). This alliance includes forest to sparse woodland vegetation, usually with a sparse canopy of <i>Pinus clausa</i> over dense to open scrub <i>Quercus</i> spp. and other smaller shrubs. It is found primarily in three distinct areas: inland on the Florida Peninsula; along the Atlantic Coast of Florida; and along the Gulf Coast of Panhandle Florida and extreme southern Alabama. This alliance includes examples with closed canopy and examples with an open <i>Pinus clausa</i> canopy which are generally referred to as "coastal scrub" as well as those called "Florida scrub." Even-aged <i>Pinus clausa</i> stands can be up to 25 m tall, with an open or closed canopy. The more open scrub vegetation is characterized by having a fairly open <i>Pinus clausa</i> canopy averaging approximately 7 m in height. Beneath the <i>Pinus clausa, Quercus</i> spp. and other species form a dense to open layer of shrubs and stunted trees. A denser <i>Pinus clausa</i> and <i>Quercus</i> spp. canopy leads to a less dense ground cover. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38409-{A55A6EE9-6E94-4A1D-9EBF-EBEC69B6F382}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 08-Jan-2014 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.899246 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A3117
  Translated: Sand Pine Scrub Woodland Alliance
  Common: Sand Pine Scrub Woodland
  Scientific: Pinus clausa Scrub Woodland Alliance