KUCHLER TYPE
KUCHLER TYPE: Pocosin



KUCHLER-TYPE-NUMBER : 
K114

PHYSIOGNOMY : 
Low open forests of needleleaf evergreen trees and broadleaf evergreen
low trees and shrubs and much moss.


OCCURRENCE : 
The pocosin Kuchler type extends from the coastal plains of Virginia to
South Carolina [8].  A recent survey shows pocosins extending from
Virgina to northern Florida. Under this survey pocosins were broadly
defined shrub and forest bogs, Atlantic white-cedar (Chamaecyperis
thyoides) stands, and some loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) stands on flooded
soils [13].  This report uses Kuchler's more restrictive definition
given in PHYSIOGNOMY.  Upland communities and those with less peaty
soils are considered as K111 (oak-hickory-pine forest), K112 (southern
mixed forest), and K113 (southern floodplain forest) and are not
discussed here.


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
S. A. Snyder, December 1993


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Snyder, S. A. 1993. Pocosin. In: Remainder of Citation


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