Name:
Quercus ilicifolia - Kalmia angustifolia - Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Sand Barrens Group
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
This group encompasses vegetation dominated by shrubs and/or herbs, sometimes with scrubby <i>Pinus rigida</i>, on sandy, well-drained, nutrient-poor soils. It is often associated with pine barrens but lacks significant tree cover. <i>Pinus rigida</i> may form a shrub cover, often with one or more of the scrubby oaks <i>Quercus ilicifolia, Quercus prinoides</i>, or <i>Quercus marilandica</i>. Common shrubs include <i>Gaylussacia baccata</i> (and, near the coast, <i>Gaylussacia dumosa</i>), <i>Kalmia angustifolia, Vaccinium angustifolium, Vaccinium pallidum, Comptonia peregrina</i>, and <i>Viburnum dentatum</i>. The dwarf-shrubs <i>Corema conradii, Hudsonia tomentosa</i>, and <i>Arctostaphylos uva-ursi</i> are particularly diagnostic of this vegetation. Herb cover may be extensive in patches among the shrubs, with <i>Schizachyrium scoparium</i> the most abundant and characteristic grass. <i>Deschampsia flexuosa</i> and <i>Carex pensylvanica</i> or <i>Carex lucorum</i> are common but less abundant graminoids. Forbs (and creeping forblike shrubs) include <i>Ionactis linariifolius, Melampyrum lineare, Achillea millefolium, Lespedeza hirta, Lupinus perennis, Gaultheria procumbens, Polygonella articulata</i>, and <i>Epigaea repens</i>. <i>Pteridium aquilinum</i> is a common fern, and in seasonally wet spots <i>Lycopodiella appressa</i> may be characteristic. This group includes the well-known dwarf "pine plains" of the New Jersey Pine Barrens where <i>Pinus rigida</i> less than 1 m tall forms cover with scrub oaks and a mixture of dwarf-shrubs and herbs including <i>Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, Pyxidanthera barbulata, Leiophyllum buxifolium</i>, and <i>Helianthemum canadense</i>.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:39774-{D763F5D6-F305-4038-B4B3-0081E39E21C6}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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