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Quercus velutina - Quercus falcata - Pinus rigida Coastal Plain Forest Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Quercus velutina - Quercus falcata - Pinus rigida Coastal Plain Forest Alliance
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This alliance includes coastal forests of the glaciated Northeast, ranging south to the coastal plain of Virginia. It ranges from forest to woodland in physiognomy and is generally deciduous. <i>Quercus velutina</i> and <i>Quercus alba</i> dominate in the north, with <i>Quercus falcata</i> codominant in the south. A dwarf-shrub heath layer is characteristic, and includes <i>Gaylussacia baccata, Gaylussacia frondosa, Vaccinium pallidum</i>, and in the north, <i>Vaccinium angustifolium</i>. The herbaceous layer is sparsely to moderately developed and includes <i>Aralia nudicaulis, Carex pensylvanica, Maianthemum canadense, Maianthemum stellatum</i>, and <i>Panicum virgatum</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:39394-{42028CB1-A364-4EA9-92B9-5849CB47525A}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 31-Jul-2015 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.950065 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A4209
  Translated: Black Oak - Southern Red Oak - Pitch Pine Coastal Plain Forest Alliance
  Common: Coastal Plain Oak - Pitch Pine Forest
  Scientific: Quercus velutina - Quercus falcata - Pinus rigida Coastal Plain Forest Alliance