| Add/Drop |
Name
|
Reference
|
Plots↓
|
Description |
Comm #7291
|
(Pinus palustris) / Prunus umbellata - Rhus aromatica / Piptochaetium avenaceum - Schizachyrium scoparium Herbaceous Vegetation
» more details
accession code: VB.CC.34762.CEGL007014
|
Southeastern Ecology Working Gro... |
0
|
This community encompasses prairie-like vegetation occupying small-patch, gladelike openings on what is presumed to be mafic soils occurring in a matrix of <i>Pinus palustris</i> woodlands. These sites occur as inclusions within the broad band of extensive Hollis quartzite that comprises Pine Mountain in the outer Piedmont of Georgia. These glades are localized to a small area on the eastern end of Pine Mountain in the vicinity of Sprewell Bluff. The habitat supporting this vegetation is rare and unusual, with sharp edges delimiting the grass-dominated openings. Total woody cover is very low (<10%) with sparse <i>Pinus palustris</i> and scrub oaks characteristic of the fall-line sandhills occurring as a minor component. This would include <i>Quercus margarettiae, Quercus laevis, Quercus marilandica</i>, and <i>Quercus incana</i>. <i>Prunus umbellata</i> is a characteristic and diagnostic patchy tall shrub, while <i>Rhus aromatica</i> is indicative of the sparse low-shrub layer. Other characteristic woody plants found within these openings include <i>Yucca filamentosa, Prunus alabamensis, Vaccinium arboreum</i>, and <i>Crataegus flava (= Crataegus lassa)</i>. Some abundant grasses include <i>Piptochaetium avenaceum, Schizachyrium scoparium, Sporobolus junceus</i>, and <i>Sorghastrum nutans</i>, while additional graminoids include <i>Sorghastrum elliottii</i> and <i>Dichanthelium commutatum</i>. Characteristic forbs include <i>Eryngium yuccifolium, Salvia urticifolia, Delphinium carolinianum, Nothoscordum bivalve (= Allium bivalve), Penstemon australis, Helianthemum carolinianum, Oxalis violacea, Clitoria mariana, Packera anonyma, Tragia urticifolia</i>, and <i>Cocculus carolinus</i>. |
Comm #7292
|
Quercus geminata - (Quercus virginiana) / Serenoa repens - Lyonia fruticosa Forest
» more details
accession code: VB.CC.35659.CEGL007020
|
Southeastern Ecology Working Gro... |
0
|
This association represents xeric maritime hammocks of the central eastern coast of Florida and adjacent areas in southern Georgia. The overstory is dominated by <i>Quercus geminata</i>; <i>Quercus virginiana</i> may also be present, along with <i>Quercus myrtifolia</i>. The dense shrub layer includes <i>Serenoa repens, Lyonia fruticosa, Lyonia ferruginea, Osmanthus americanus var. americanus, Persea borbonia</i>, and <i>Morella cerifera (= Myrica cerifera)</i>. An understory of <i>Sabal palmetto</i> may also be present. In northeastern Florida, at the Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve, dead and dying <i>Persea borbonia</i> indicate that these maritime hammocks are being affected by laurel wilt, which is caused by a vascular wilt fungus that is transmitted to species in the Lauraceae family via the non-native redbay ambrosia beetle (<i>Xyleborus glabratus</i>). |
Comm #7293
|
Quercus virginiana / Vaccinium arboreum - Ilex vomitoria Forest
» more details
accession code: VB.CC.35379.CEGL007028
|
Southeastern Ecology Working Gro... |
0
|
This association represents one of two inland (not immediately adjacent to the coastline) hammocks or oak domes with a dominant or significant canopy component of <i>Quercus virginiana</i>. It occurs from Alabama to Florida and north to Georgia and South Carolina. This type is the more xeric of the two and is characterized by a relatively pure overstory of <i>Quercus virginiana</i>. Somewhat more mesic stands with more diverse canopy components, such as <i>Quercus hemisphaerica</i> and <i>Quercus nigra</i>, are accommodated by ~<i>Quercus virginiana - Quercus (hemisphaerica, nigra) / Serenoa repens</i> Forest (CEGL004408)$$. Stands are dominated by <i>Quercus virginiana</i>, sometimes with <i>Juniperus virginiana var. silicicola</i> present in the canopy. <i>Ilex vomitoria</i> and <i>Vaccinium arboreum</i> are present in the shrub layer. Frequently small <i>Cladina/Cladonia</i>-dominated openings are present. Other characteristic species include <i>Scleria triglomerata, Paronychia baldwinii, Cladina evansii, Stipulicida setacea</i>, and <i>Hypericum hypericoides</i>. |
Comm #7294
|
Ivesia cryptocaulis Alpine Sparse Vegetation
» more details
accession code: VB.CC.23006.IVESIACRYPTOCAU
|
Western Ecology Working Group of... |
0
|
This association is restricted to the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area in southern Nevada. Occurrences are limited to gently to moderately sloping limestone ridges and summits above 3450 m (11,319 feet) elevation on most aspects except north. Soils are extremely gravelly and derived primarily from limestone. This pseudoalpine herbaceous community is relatively sparse (average total cover of 10%). There is no woody layer; shrub and tree species (average cover 3%) are dwarfed, typically less than 0.5 m high. The herbaceous layer typically has 7% cover and is characterized by Ivesia cryptocaulis, occurring with other cespitose perennial forbs and bunch grasses. Commonly associated species include Elymus elymoides, Lesquerella hitchcockii, Oxytropis oreophila, Sphaeromeria compacta, Erigeron clokeyi, Aquilegia scopulorum, Festuca brachyphylla ssp. coloradensis (= Festuca ovina var. brevifolia), Poa secunda, and Astragalus lentiginosus var. kernensis. |
Comm #7295
|
Quercus virginiana - Sabal palmetto - Persea borbonia / Myrcianthes fragrans - Ardisia escallonoides - Psychotria nervosa Forest
» more details
accession code: VB.CC.35427.CEGL007033
|
Southeastern Ecology Working Gro... |
0
|
Tropical/temperate maritime hammocks of the eastern coast of Florida, in mid-peninsula, characteristically with oak canopy and tropical subcanopy. Characteristic species include <i>Quercus virginiana, Sabal palmetto, Persea borbonia, Myrcianthes fragrans, Ardisia escallonoides</i>, and <i>Psychotria nervosa</i>. |
Comm #7296
|
Quercus virginiana - Sabal palmetto / Eugenia axillaris - Myrsine floridana - Coccoloba uvifera Forest
» more details
accession code: VB.CC.35392.CEGL007035
|
Southeastern Ecology Working Gro... |
0
|
Tropical/temperate maritime hammocks of the western coast of mid-peninsula Florida, characteristically with oak canopy and tropical subcanopy. The canopy includes <i>Quercus virginiana</i> and <i>Sabal palmetto</i>. The shrubs are of tropical affinity, e.g., <i>Eugenia axillaris, Myrsine floridana</i>, and <i>Coccoloba uvifera</i>. |
Comm #7297
|
Picea sitchensis / Athyrium filix-femina Forest
» more details
accession code: VB.CC.18372.PICEASITCHENSIS
|
Western Ecology Working Group of... |
0
|
|
Comm #7298
|
Sabal palmetto - Quercus virginiana Saturated Forest
» more details
accession code: VB.CC.35246.CEGL007040
|
Southeastern Ecology Working Gro... |
0
|
These wet palmetto - live oak forests occur throughout central and southern Florida, and are sometimes known as low hammocks or hydric hammocks. At increasingly smaller scales, this or related vegetation range as far north as southern North Carolina. <i>Sabal palmetto</i> and <i>Quercus virginiana</i> generally share canopy dominance, and few other trees except <i>Juniperus virginiana var. silicicola</i> are commonly encountered. <i>Sabal palmetto</i> or the other two primary canopy species may strongly dominate local patches. <i>Morella cerifera (= Myrica cerifera)</i> is a typical shrub or small tree. Some related vegetation includes more diverse-canopied hydric hammocks, occurring in more inland situations (or at least away from immediate coastal influence) and with enough admixture of deciduous and tardily deciduous trees to be placed in a mixed forest subclass. This vegetation generally occurs on sands, shell hash, or limestone, with either a substantial calcareous component or influence (past or present) of brackish water. Occurrences in North Carolina and South Carolina are of small size and are marginally attributable to this alliance, where they occur only as small inclusions in, or adjacent to, upland maritime forests. |
Comm #7299
|
Acer rubrum / Viburnum nudum - Photinia pyrifolia / Smilax laurifolia / Carex debilis var. pubera Seepage Forest
» more details
accession code: VB.CC.37545.CEGL007041
|
Seymour, S. D. 2011 Vegetation o... |
0
|
This community occurs in seepage-fed wetlands in the upper Piedmont and Blue Ridge regions, on lower slopes or in the edges of bottomlands in places that are not actively flooded. The vegetation is generally a closed or nearly closed forest, if there has not been recent disturbance. It includes a variety of plants that are more characteristic of Coastal Plain wetlands than of the Blue Ridge or upper Piedmont where it occurs. The dominant canopy species are generally <i>Acer rubrum var. trilobum</i> and <i>Nyssa</i> sp. Dominant or frequent shrubs include <i>Viburnum nudum var. nudum, Alnus serrulata, Photinia pyrifolia (= Aronia arbutifolia), Ilex verticillata, Vaccinium corymbosum, Vaccinium fuscatum, Itea virginica</i>, and <i>Toxicodendron vernix</i>. The herb layer may be fairly diverse. Species include <i>Carex debilis var. pubera (= Carex allegheniensis), Carex leptalea, Carex lurida, Carex atlantica ssp. atlantica, Carex atlantica ssp. capillacea (= Carex howei), Woodwardia areolata, Osmunda cinnamomea, Lycopus virginicus, Leersia virginica</i>, and <i>Chelone</i> sp. |
Comm #7300
|
A.706
» more details
accession code: VB.CC.2338.A706
|
EcoArt 2002 |
0
|
Dry shrublands in near-coastal areas of Martinique. |
add all query results to datacart,
add plots on page to datacart,
drop plots on page from datacart