Name:
Quercus stellata - Carya spp. - Pinus echinata Piedmont Woodland Alliance
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
These are dry open-canopy forests typically dominated by <i>Quercus marilandica</i> and/or <i>Quercus stellata</i>, possibly with <i>Pinus echinata</i>, found in the southern Piedmont and possibly the adjacent upper Coastal Plain. These communities are physiognomically variable, being usually primarily deciduous, but ranging to mixed, depending on fire interval. Canopy and subcanopy associates, in addition to <i>Pinus echinata, Quercus marilandica</i>, and <i>Quercus stellata</i>, may include <i>Carya glabra, Cercis canadensis, Cornus florida, Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana, Quercus alba, Quercus falcata, Quercus velutina, Sassafras albidum</i>, and <i>Ulmus alata</i>. Shrubs may be sparse to dense, and species present may include <i>Gaylussacia baccata, Rhododendron canescens, Symphoricarpos orbiculatus, Vaccinium arboreum, Vaccinium stamineum, Viburnum prunifolium</i>, and <i>Viburnum rafinesqueanum</i>. The most common herbaceous species are <i>Danthonia spicata</i> and <i>Schizachyrium scoparium</i>. These forests typically occupy zones of dry-mesic habitat which is transitional between lower mesic communities and drier upper slopes and ridgetops. These post oak - blackjack oak woodlands are more edaphically extreme or frequently burned than related white oak-dominated forests.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38581-{F6795F3A-304A-4E22-803A-3E5C1C7E0D98}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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