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Vegetation of the Carolinas

Coastal upland forests and shrublands
Maritime forests
Maritime oak forests
Quercus virginiana - (Pinus elliottii var. elliottii, Sabal palmetto) / Persea borbonia - Callicarpa americana Forest (CEGL007032)
» 4th approx: MARITIME EVERGREEN FOREST (SOUTH ATLANTIC SUBTYPE)
» Links: CVS Plot Summary | NatureServe Explorer | VegBank
Quercus virginiana - Quercus hemisphaerica - Pinus taeda / Persea palustris - Ilex vomitoria Forest (CEGL007027)
» 4th approx: Maritime Evergreen Forest (Mid-Atlantic Subtype)
» Links: CVS Plot Summary | NatureServe Explorer | VegBank
Quercus virginiana - Quercus hemisphaerica - Pinus taeda - Quercus falcata / Persea palustris Forest (CEGL007026)
» 4th approx: Coastal Fringe Evergreen Forest
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Juniperus virginiana var. silicicola - (Quercus virginiana, Sabal palmetto) Forest (CEGL007813)
» 4th approx: Marsh Hammock
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Quercus virginiana - Pinus taeda / Ilex vomitoria / Chasmanthium sessiliflorum Forest [Provisional] (CEGL004095)
» 4th approx: unknown
» Links: CVS Plot Summary | No NatureServe Explorer link | search VegBank
Maritime pine forests and woodlands
Pinus taeda - Quercus (falcata, nigra) / Morella cerifera / Vitis rotundifolia Forest (CEGL006040)
» 4th approx: unknown
» Links: CVS Plot Summary | NatureServe Explorer | VegBank
Calcareous hammocks & shell barrens
Quercus falcata - Tilia americana var. caroliniana - Magnolia grandiflora / Ilex vomitoria Forest (CEGL007470)
» 4th approx: Calcareous Coastal Fringe Forest (Southern Subtype)
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Celtis laevigata - Tilia americana var. caroliniana / Aesculus pavia Forest (CEGL007282)
» 4th approx: NORTHERN CALCAREOUS COASTAL FRINGE FOREST
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Juniperus virginiana var. silicicola - Zanthoxylum clava-herculis - Quercus virginiana - (Sabal palmetto) / Sageretia minutiflora - (Sideroxylon tenax) Woodland (CEGL003525)
» 4th approx: Coastal Fringe Shell Woodland
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Mesic maritime hardwood forest
Quercus falcata - Pinus taeda - (Fagus grandifolia, Quercus nigra) / Persea palustris Forest (CEGL007540)
» 4th approx: MARITIME DECIDUOUS FOREST (BEECH-SOUTHERN RED OAK SUBTYPE)
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Quercus virginiana - Quercus pagoda - Magnolia grandiflora - Carya glabra / Ilex opaca Forest (CEGL007850)
» 4th approx: unknown
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Maritime shrublands
Maritime scrub
Morella pensylvanica / Diodia teres Shrubland (CEGL003881)
» 4th approx: unknown
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Quercus virginiana - (Ilex vomitoria) Shrubland (CEGL003833)
» 4th approx: MARITIME SHRUB (STUNTED TREE SUBTYPE)
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Ilex vomitoria - Quercus (geminata, virginiana) - Morella cerifera - Serenoa repens Shrubland (CEGL003813)
» 4th approx: unknown
» Links: No CVS Plots for this community | NatureServe Explorer | VegBank
Backdune shrublands
Morella cerifera - Prunus caroliniana - Zanthoxylum clava-herculis Shrubland (CEGL004784)
» 4th approx: unknown
» Links: CVS Plot Summary | NatureServe Explorer | VegBank
Smilax auriculata - Toxicodendron radicans Vine-Shrubland (CEGL003885)
» 4th approx: unknown
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Morella cerifera - Baccharis halimifolia / Spartina patens Shrubland (CEGL003809)
» 4th approx: MARITIME SHRUB (DRY WAX MYRTLE SUBTYPE)
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Calcareous maritime shrubland
Serenoa repens - Sabal palmetto - Ilex vomitoria - Sideroxylon tenax Shrubland (CEGL003812)
» 4th approx: unknown
» Links: CVS Plot Summary | NatureServe Explorer | VegBank
Outer Coastal Plain semi-evergreen forests
Oak & Pine forest
Quercus virginiana / Vaccinium arboreum - Ilex vomitoria Forest (CEGL007028)
» 4th approx: unknown
» Links: CVS Plot Summary | NatureServe Explorer | VegBank
Quercus virginiana - (Pinus taeda) / (Sabal minor, Serenoa repens) Forest (CEGL007039)
» 4th approx: unknown
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Pinus taeda - Quercus hemisphaerica / Osmanthus americanus / Ilex glabra Woodland (CEGL003619)
» 4th approx: unknown
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Quercus hemisphaerica - Quercus geminata / Persea borbonia - Osmanthus americanus Forest (CEGL004787)
» 4th approx: unknown
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Quercus hemisphaerica - Pinus taeda - (Quercus nigra) / Osmanthus americanus var. americanus / Ilex glabra Forest (CEGL007022)
» 4th approx: Swamp Island Evergreen Forest
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Pinus glabra - Quercus virginiana - Carya glabra / Carpinus caroliniana / Serenoa repens Forest (CEGL004676)
» 4th approx: unknown
» Links: CVS Plot Summary | NatureServe Explorer | VegBank
Pinus taeda - Quercus nigra / Smilax rotundifolia Forest (CEGL006172)
» 4th approx: MARITIME DECIDUOUS FOREST (WATER OAK SUBTYPE)
» Links: No CVS Plots for this community | NatureServe Explorer | VegBank
Mesic forest
Fagus grandifolia - Magnolia grandiflora / Ilex opaca - (Persea borbonia) / Mitchella repens Forest (CEGL007459)
» 4th approx: unknown
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