Piedmont woodlands & glades
Felsic glades & barrens
Quercus prinus - Quercus marilandica Piedmont Woodland (CEGL003708)
Selaginella rupestris - Schizachyrium scoparium - Hylotelephium telephioides - Allium cernuum Herbaceous Vegetation (CEGL004991)

Mafic glades & barrens
Quercus stellata - (Pinus echinata) / Schizachyrium scoparium - Echinacea laevigata - Oligoneuron album Woodland (CEGL003558)
Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana - Ulmus alata / Schizachyrium scoparium Woodland (CEGL004443)
Sporobolus vaginiflorus var. ozarkanus - Diodia teres - Croton willdenowii - Ruellia humilis Herbaceous Vegetation (CEGL004276)
Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana - Celtis tenuifolia - Cercis canadensis / Sporobolus clandestinus - Danthonia sericea Woodland (CEGL008499)
Carya glabra - Fraxinus americana / Acer leucoderme / Piptochaetium avenaceum Woodland (CEGL008489)
Fraxinus americana - Carya glabra / Symphoricarpos orbiculatus - Rhus aromatica / Piptochaetium avenaceum Woodland CEGL003684)


Piedmont shrubby woodlands
Oak & laurel heathbluffs

Pine oak heathbluffs
Pinus echinata - Quercus marilandica / Kalmia latifolia - Symplocos tinctoria Woodland (CEGL004446)
Pinus echinata - Quercus stellata - Quercus marilandica / Andropogon gyrans - Chrysopsis mariana Woodland (CEGL004447)
Pinus echinata - Pinus virginiana / Rhododendron minus - Kalmia latifolia Woodland (CEGL003563)

Longleaf uplands
Pinus palustris - Pinus echinata - (Pinus virginiana) / Quercus marilandica - (Quercus prinus) / Vaccinium pallidum Woodland (CEGL008437)


Piedmont poorly-drained woodlands
Hardpan oak - pine forest
Quercus stellata - (Quercus marilandica) / Gaylussacia frondosa Acid Hardpan Woodland (CEGL004413)

Mesic longleaf woodlands
Pinus palustris - Pinus taeda - Pinus serotina / Chasmanthium laxum - Panicum virgatum Piedmont Woodland (CEGL003663)


Piedmont rock outcrop vegetation

Dry Acid cliff
Asplenium montanum - Heuchera villosa Felsic Cliff Sparse Vegetation (CEGL004980)
Lasallia papulosa - Lasallia pensylvanica Nonvascular Vegetation (CEGL004385)

Dry Mafic cliff
Toxicodendron radicans / Heuchera americana - (Dichanthelium depauperatum, Woodsia obtusa) Herbaceous Vegetation (CEGL004395)

Moist acid cliff
Umbilicaria mammulata Nonvascular Vegetation (CEGL004387)
Vittaria appalachiana - Heuchera parviflora var. parviflora - Houstonia serpyllifolia / Plagiochila spp. Herbaceous Vegetation (CEGL004302)

Moist Mafic cliff

Cystopteris bulbifera - (Asplenium rhizophyllum) Sparse Vegetation (CEGL004394)

Flatrocks & domes
Selaginella rupestris - Schizachyrium scoparium - Hypericum gentianoides - Bulbostylis capillaris Herbaceous Vegetation (CEGL007690)
Diamorpha smallii - Minuartia glabra - Minuartia uniflora - Cyperus granitophilus Herbaceous Vegetation (CEGL004344)
Amphianthus pusillus - Isoetes melanospora - Isoetes tegetiformans Herbaceous Vegetation (CEGL004342)
Packera tomentosa - Croton willdenowii - Schizachyrium scoparium - (Selaginella rupestris) Herbaceous Vegetation (CEGL004298)
Saxifraga michauxii Herbaceous Vegetation (CEGL004524)


Piedmont cultural / successional / exotic upland open vegetation
Successional shrublands
Wisteria sinensis Vine-Shrubland (CEGL008568)
Phyllostachys aurea Shrubland (CEGL008560
Ailanthus altissima Forest (CEGL007191)
Pueraria montana var. lobata Vine-Shrubland (CEGL003882)
Ligustrum sinense Temporarily Flooded Shrubland (CEGL003837)
Ligustrum sinense Upland Shrubland (CEGL003807)
Rubus (argutus, trivialis) - Smilax (glauca, rotundifolia) Shrubland (CEGL004732)

Successional fields & meadows
Andropogon virginicus var. virginicus Herbaceous Vegetation (CEGL004044)
Lolium (arundinaceum, pratense) Herbaceous Vegetation (CEGL004048)

 

Vegetation of the Carolinas

Piedmont Open Upland Vegetation