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Quercus ilicifolia Sand Barrens Scrub Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Quercus ilicifolia Sand Barrens Scrub Alliance
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This alliance comprises shrub thickets dominated by <i>Quercus ilicifolia</i> occurring on dry, nutrient-poor, sandy soils, and usually within a <i>Pinus rigida</i> barrens matrix. <i>Quercus prinoides</i> may be a codominant in some occurrences, and <i>Pinus rigida</i> can form a scattered tree layer. Heath shrubs are common and may include <i>Vaccinium angustifolium, Gaylussacia baccata, Vaccinium pallidum</i>, and <i>Kalmia latifolia</i>. Vines are common, especially <i>Smilax rotundifolia</i> and <i>Smilax glauca</i>, and can form locally dense thickets. Low shrub and herbaceous cover is inversely proportional to shrub cover, with greater herb cover occurring where shrub cover is less. Herbaceous species commonly include <i>Carex pensylvanica, Carex swanii, Deschampsia flexuosa, Piptochaetium avenaceum</i>, and <i>Schizachyrium scoparium</i>. Lichens can be locally common, especially <i>Cladonia</i> species. This vegetation occurs on sandy, drought-prone soils of sandplains in low "frost pocket" depressions on the landscape or where there are frequent fire-return intervals (&lt;5 years). 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:39121-{FB7739C9-CA16-41B0-B19A-1E3879C5C01A}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Sep-2014 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.899962 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A3911
  Translated: Bear Oak Sand Barrens Scrub Alliance
  Common: Scrub Oak Sand Barrens
  Scientific: Quercus ilicifolia Sand Barrens Scrub Alliance