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Pinus rigida Rocky Woodland Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Pinus rigida Rocky Woodland Alliance Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This alliance is dominated by <i>Pinus rigida</i>, usually characterized by a well-developed tall-shrub layer dominated by <i>Quercus ilicifolia</i> overtopping a low heath layer comprising <i>Vaccinium angustifolium, Vaccinium pallidum</i>, and <i>Gaylussacia baccata</i>. The herbaceous layer is usually patchy, but is better developed where the shrub layer is less dense. Characteristic herbs include <i>Carex pensylvanica, Cypripedium acaule, Danthonia spicata, Gaultheria procumbens, Melampyrum lineare</i>, and <i>Pteridium aquilinum</i>. This alliance occurs on rock outcrops, summits, exposed slopes, or sandy soils of sand plains, flat glacial outwash plains, and till.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:39557-{E6F3C930-EF82-430A-8BD0-C8F810A5CD20} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 26-Sep-2014 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Pinus rigida Barrens Group This Community's Level: Alliance This Community's Children: Show/Hide   Pinus rigida / Corema conradii Woodland   Pinus rigida / Gaylussacia baccata Scrub   Pinus rigida / (Quercus ilicifolia) / Aronia melanocarpa / Deschampsia flexuosa Woodland   Pinus rigida - Quercus ilicifolia - Rhododendron canadense Woodland		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.1089379 NatureServe Explorer   Code: A4372   Translated: Pitch Pine Rocky Woodland Alliance   Common: Rocky Northern Pitch Pine Barrens   Scientific: Pinus rigida Rocky Woodland Alliance