4-1NVCCoastalFringeCoastal upland forests and shrublandsSouth Atlantic terrestrial plant communities occurring a few miles from the coast (or longer) and composed of either trees with crown overlap > 60% (i.e., forests) or shrub-dominated sites (i.e., shrublands)Maritime forestsCommunities composed of trees with crown overlap > 60% (i.e., forests)Maritime oak forestsMaritime forests dominated or co-dominated by oak1. Occurs along ecotone between high salt marsh and upland sites (also found along spoil mounds, ditches); dominated / co-dominated by Juniperus virginiana var. silicicola == 7813 1. Terrestrial sites only (not ecotonal) 2. Sites heavily influenced by salt-spray, thus the canopy can appear streamlined; occurs on barrier islands or along mainland fringe 3. Evergreen forests not containing southerly species, like Sabal palmetto, and dominated by Quercus virginiana, Quercus hemisphaerica, and Pinus taeda == 7027 3. Evergreen forests containing southerly species, like Sabal palmetto, and dominated, or co-dominated, by Quercus virginiana == 7032 2. Sites not heavily influenced by salt spray; may occur a few miles inland from coastline 4. Evergreen forests found on sand spits of estuarine rivers; marsh vegetation, such as Panicum amarum var. amarum and Spartina patens, can be found here == 4399 4. Evergreen forests found on lowland upland flats, and typically co-dominated by Quercus hemispaerica, Quercus falcata, and/or Carya glabra == 7026CEGL007032Quercus virginiana - (Pinus elliottii var. elliottii, Sabal palmetto) / Persea borbonia - Callicarpa americana Forest
http://cvs.bio.unc.edu/data/comm/CEGL007032.xml
http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchCommunityUid=ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687074
CEGL004399Quercus virginiana - Quercus hemisphaerica / Ilex vomitoria / Aristida condensata - Panicum amarum var. amarum Forest
http://cvs.bio.unc.edu/data/comm/CEGL004399.xml
http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchCommunityUid=ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.821785
CEGL007027Quercus virginiana - Quercus hemisphaerica - Pinus taeda / Persea palustris - Ilex vomitoria Forest
http://cvs.bio.unc.edu/data/comm/CEGL007027.xml
http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchCommunityUid=ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684469
CEGL007026Quercus virginiana - Quercus hemisphaerica - Pinus taeda - Quercus falcata / Persea palustris Forest
http://cvs.bio.unc.edu/data/comm/CEGL007026.xml
http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchCommunityUid=ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687020
CEGL007813Juniperus virginiana var. silicicola - (Quercus virginiana, Sabal palmetto) Forest
http://cvs.bio.unc.edu/data/comm/CEGL007813.xml
http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchCommunityUid=ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686269
CEGL004095Quercus virginiana - Pinus taeda / Ilex vomitoria / Chasmanthium sessiliflorum Forest [Provisional]
http://cvs.bio.unc.edu/data/comm/CEGL004095.xml
http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchCommunityUid=ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.732636
Maritime pine forests and woodlandsMaritime forests dominated or co-dominated by loblolly pine1. Pinus taeda dominated open forests of coastal Virginia; examples of pine-dominated sites along the coast of the Carolinas are probably successional variants of other Maritime forest types == 6040CEGL006040Pinus taeda - Quercus (falcata, nigra) / Morella cerifera / Vitis rotundifolia Forest
http://cvs.bio.unc.edu/data/comm/CEGL006040.xml
http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchCommunityUid=ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685335
Calcareous hammocks & shell barrensMaritime forests or woodlands occurring on raised topographic positions and underlain by natural or anthropogenic shell deposits; typically, soils are coarse textured and calcium-rich; the resulting composition is a mixture of calciphilic species (e.g., Tilia americana var. caroliniana, Celtis laevigata, and Acer floridanum) and typical maritime forest species (e.g., Quercus virginiana and Sabal palmetto)1. Poorly developed, coarse soil, with a high component of shell; supports a more open woodland (i.e., canopy cover < 60%) or shrubby vegetation type == 3525 1. Finer-texture soil, typically with minor shell component; supports a forest vegetation type (i.e., canopy cover > 60%) 2. Southerly variant of dry-mesic, mesic forests occurring on shell-influenced soils and dominated by a mixture of coastal fringe and calciphillic species; includes more southerly flora such as Sabal palmetto and Magnolia grandiflora == 7470 2. Northerly variant of dry-mesic, mesic forests occurring on shell-influenced soils and dominated by a mixture of coastal fringe and calciphillic species; lacks more southerly flora such as Sabal palmetto and Magnolia grandiflora == 7282CEGL007470Quercus falcata - Tilia americana var. caroliniana - Magnolia grandiflora / Ilex vomitoria Forest
http://cvs.bio.unc.edu/data/comm/CEGL007470.xml
http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchCommunityUid=ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684381
CEGL007282Celtis laevigata - Tilia americana var. caroliniana / Aesculus pavia Forest
http://cvs.bio.unc.edu/data/comm/CEGL007282.xml
http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchCommunityUid=ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685498
CEGL003525Juniperus virginiana var. silicicola - Zanthoxylum clava-herculis - Quercus virginiana - (Sabal palmetto) / Sageretia minutiflora - (Sideroxylon tenax) Woodland
http://cvs.bio.unc.edu/data/comm/CEGL003525.xml
http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchCommunityUid=ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684105
Mesic maritime hardwood forestMaritime forests co-dominated by hardwood species and occurring on the most salt-spray protected areas of barrier islands1. Mesic forests of barrier islands typically co-dominated by a mixture of Quercus falcata, Fagus grandifolia, Pinus taeda, and Quercus nigra; in North Carolina, this type is limited to occurrences at Nags Head Woods and Kitty Hawk Woods == 7540CEGL007540Quercus falcata - Pinus taeda - (Fagus grandifolia, Quercus nigra) / Persea palustris Forest
http://cvs.bio.unc.edu/data/comm/CEGL007540.xml
http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchCommunityUid=ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684375
CEGL007850Quercus virginiana - Quercus pagoda - Magnolia grandiflora - Carya glabra / Ilex opaca Forest
http://cvs.bio.unc.edu/data/comm/CEGL007850.xml
http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchCommunityUid=ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688019
Maritime shrublandsCommunities dominated by shrub, vine, or scrub (i.e., stunted trees) vegetationMaritime scrubMaritime shrublands with an often substantial component of salt-spray maintained shrub-sized tree species1. Scrub-shrub thickets dominated by Morella pensylvanica, occurring with a minor component of stunted trees such as Quercus virginiana, Diospyros virginiana, and Pinus taeda; in North Carolina this type is only known from the Currituck Banks == 3881 1. Scrub-shrub not dominated by Morella pensylvanica 2. Southerly variant of scrub-shrub thickets co-dominated by Ilex vomitoria and Quercus virginiana/geminata, with Morella cerifera; found within the Georgia - South Carolina sea islands == 3813 2. Typical variant of scrub-shrub thickets of the south and mid-Atlantic Coast dominated by stunted, salt-pruned Quercus virginiana (~ 0.5 - 3 meters tall) == 3833CEGL003881Morella pensylvanica / Diodia teres Shrubland
http://cvs.bio.unc.edu/data/comm/CEGL003881.xml
http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchCommunityUid=ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689695
CEGL003833Quercus virginiana - (Ilex vomitoria) Shrubland
http://cvs.bio.unc.edu/data/comm/CEGL003833.xml
http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchCommunityUid=ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685126
CEGL003813Ilex vomitoria - Quercus (geminata, virginiana) - Morella cerifera - Serenoa repens Shrubland
http://cvs.bio.unc.edu/data/comm/CEGL003813.xml
http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchCommunityUid=ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684040
Backdune shrublandsShrubland and vine-dominated communities of maritime dunes1. Maritime shrublands of South Carolina and Georgia, dominated by Morella cerifera, Prunus caroliniana, and Zanthoxylum clava-herculis == 4784 1. Maritime vinelands of North Carolina, dominated by dense coverage (~ 70 - 80%) of Smilax spp. and Toxicodendron radicans == 3885CEGL004784Morella cerifera - Prunus caroliniana - Zanthoxylum clava-herculis Shrubland
http://cvs.bio.unc.edu/data/comm/CEGL004784.xml
http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchCommunityUid=ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688526
CEGL003885Smilax auriculata - Toxicodendron radicans Vine-Shrubland
http://cvs.bio.unc.edu/data/comm/CEGL003885.xml
http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchCommunityUid=ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686416
CEGL003809Morella cerifera - Baccharis halimifolia / Spartina patens Shrubland
http://cvs.bio.unc.edu/data/comm/CEGL003809.xml
http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchCommunityUid=ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687816
Calcareous maritime shrublandMaritime shrublands occurring on raised topographic positions and underlain by natural or anthropogenic shell deposits; typically, soils are coarse textured and calcium-rich; the resulting composition is a mixture of calciphilic species (e.g., Sideroxylon tenax) and typical maritime forest species (e.g., Ilex vomitoria)1. Southerly mid-Atlantic maritime shrubland described for southern Georgia and northern Florida; community dominated by Serenoa repens, Ilex vomitoria, and Sideroxylon tenax == 3812CEGL003812Serenoa repens - Sabal palmetto - Ilex vomitoria - Sideroxylon tenax Shrubland
http://cvs.bio.unc.edu/data/comm/CEGL003812.xml
http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchCommunityUid=ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685235
Outer Coastal Plain semi-evergreen forestsCommunities composed of trees with crown overlap > 60% (i.e., forests), and co-dominated by maritime fringe species, but occurring further inland (~ Outer Coastal Plain)Oak & Pine forestOuter Coastal Plain forests co-dominated by oak and pine species1. Outer Coastal Plain oak and pine dominated fire-protected forests found on sandy upland islands (hammocks), ridges, and/or bluffs surrounded by swamp 2. Oak domes and hammocks with a relatively pure overstory of Quercus virginiana, found from South Carolina to Alabama == 7028 2. Geomorphology and floristics not as above 3. Sandy swamp islands dominated by Quercus hemisphaerica, Pinus taeda, Quercus virginiana/geminata, and Osmanthus americanus; found from North Carolina to Georgia 4. Characterized by an open shrub layer dominated by Ilex glabra == 3619 4. Characterized by an open shrub layer dominated by Ilex glabra and other species == 7022 3. Isolated ridges or fire-protected islands of high ground dominated by Pinus glabra, Quercus virginiana/geminata, Quercus hemisphaerica, or Persea borbonia; found in South Carolina and Georgia 5. Occurs on fire-protected islands surrounded by riverine swamps and is characterized by a subcanopy dominated by Persea borbonia == 4787 5. Occurs on isolated ridges surrounded by riverine swamps and is characterized by a canopy co-dominated by Pinus glabra and a subcanopy dominated by Carpinus caroliniana == 4676 1. Outer Coastal Plain oak and pine dominated fire-protected forests found on well-developed river levees or mesic dry bluffs 6. Floodplain forests located on river levees from Texas to South Carolina and characterized by a canopy of Quercus virginiana, with or without Pinus taeda, and a shrub layer of either Serenoa repens or Sabal minor == 7039 6. Occurs on dry-mesic bluffs and is characterized by a canopy of Carya glabra, Quercus virginiana, Quercus pagoda, and Magnolia grandiflora; known from one location in Beaufort County, South Carolina == 7850CEGL007028Quercus virginiana / Vaccinium arboreum - Ilex vomitoria Forest
http://cvs.bio.unc.edu/data/comm/CEGL007028.xml
http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchCommunityUid=ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689857
CEGL007039Quercus virginiana - (Pinus taeda) / (Sabal minor, Serenoa repens) Forest
http://cvs.bio.unc.edu/data/comm/CEGL007039.xml
http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchCommunityUid=ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686346
CEGL003619Pinus taeda - Quercus hemisphaerica / Osmanthus americanus / Ilex glabra Woodland
http://cvs.bio.unc.edu/data/comm/CEGL003619.xml
http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchCommunityUid=ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687982
CEGL004787Quercus hemisphaerica - Quercus geminata / Persea borbonia - Osmanthus americanus Forest
http://cvs.bio.unc.edu/data/comm/CEGL004787.xml
http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchCommunityUid=ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687182
CEGL007022Quercus hemisphaerica - Pinus taeda - (Quercus nigra) / Osmanthus americanus var. americanus / Ilex glabra Forest
http://cvs.bio.unc.edu/data/comm/CEGL007022.xml
http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchCommunityUid=ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685138
CEGL004676Pinus glabra - Quercus virginiana - Carya glabra / Carpinus caroliniana / Serenoa repens Forest
http://cvs.bio.unc.edu/data/comm/CEGL004676.xml
http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchCommunityUid=ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684147
CEGL006172Pinus taeda - Quercus nigra / Smilax rotundifolia Forest
http://cvs.bio.unc.edu/data/comm/CEGL006172.xml
http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchCommunityUid=ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683688
Mesic forestOuter Coastal Plain forests dominated by multiple hardwood species1. Occurs on fire-protected sites (coves, ravines) not subject to flooding; the canopy contains Fagus grandifolia, Magnolia grandifolia, Pinus glabra, and other species == 7459CEGL007459Fagus grandifolia - Magnolia grandiflora / Ilex opaca - (Persea borbonia) / Mitchella repens Forest
http://cvs.bio.unc.edu/data/comm/CEGL007459.xml
http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchCommunityUid=ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689589