DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Aristida stricta | Pineland Threeawn 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Pineland threeawn grows on the Atlantic coastal plain from southeastern
North Carolina to southern Florida, and westward to Mississippi [8].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES12  Longleaf - slash pine
   FRES13  Loblolly - shortleaf pine
   FRES14  Oak - pine


STATES : 
     AL  FL  GA  MS  NC  SC


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     COSW


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
NO-ENTRY


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K111  Oak - hickory - pine forest
   K112  Southern mixed forest
   K114  Pocosin
   K115  Sand pine scrub
   K116  Subtropical pine forest


SAF COVER TYPES : 
    69  Sand pine
    70  Longleaf pine
    71  Longleaf pine - scrub oak
    83  Longleaf pine - slash pine
    84  Slash pine
    85  Slash pine - hardwood
    98  Pond pine
   111  South Florida slash pine


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Pineland threeawn is the dominant grass cover in xeric longleaf pine
(Pinus palustris) savannas and nearly all slash pine (P. elliottii)
flatwoods [7,8].  It is also a major component of many grass-sedge
(Carex spp.)-pitcher plant (Sarracenia spp.) bogs [8].  

Associates:  Common herbaceous associates include Curtis dropseed
(Sporobolus curtissii), toothachegrass (Ctenium aromaticum), lovegrass
(Eragrostis spp.), bluestems, beak rush (Rhynchospora spp.), bottlebrush
threeawn (Aristida spikiformis), and panicums.  Shrub associates include
saw palmetto (Serenoa repens), gallberry (Ilex glabra), fetterbush
(Lyonia lucida), scrub oaks (Quercus spp.), and ericaceous shrubs
[2,20,23].

Published classifications that describe pineland threeawn community
types include:

Plant communities of the Coastal Plain and their succesional
  relationships [39]
The phytosociology of the Green Swamp, North Carolina [20].

Related categories for Species: Aristida stricta | Pineland Threeawn