Habitats of North Carolina

Conifer Forests
General Pine Forests and Woodlands

Habitat Overview

This habitat includes all types of Pine-containing forests and woodlands that occur across the state. These include peatlands occupied by Pond Pines; savannas, flatwoods, and sandridges occupied by Longleaf Pines; marshes, bottomlands and dry-mesic uplands occupied by Loblollies; dry ridge tops occupied by Shortleaf, Virginia, Table Mountain, and Pitch Pines; and the dry-mesic slopes supporting White Pines. Both purely natural stands and planted pine plantations are included.

None of the Pines themselves occur across this entire range. Instead, the Determining Species are herbivores that are oligophagous on members of the Pinaceae, particularly Yellow Pines.

Related NHP Natural Communities

Determining Species

Taxa	Global Rank	State Rank	Probability of Extirpation (PE)
MILLIPEDES
Andrognathus corticarius	G5	S4S5
Petaserpes strictus
HEMIPTERAN HOPPERS
Aphrophora cribrata - Pine Spittlebug
MOTHS
Argyrotaenia tabulana - Jack Pine Tube Moth	GNR	S4S5	0.0002
Battaristis vittella - Stripe-backed Moth	GNR	S4S5	0.0002
Caripeta aretaria - Southern Pine Looper	G4	S3S4	0.0020
Citheronia sepulcralis - Pine Devil Moth	G5	S4	0.0007
Coleotechnites coniferella - Conifer Coleotechnites Moth	GNR	SU	0.0020
Coleotechnites florae - Coleotechnites Flower Moth	GNR	SU	0.0020
Cydia marita
Cydia toreuta - Eastern Pine Seedworm Moth
Dasychira manto - Manto Tussock Moth	G5	S5	0.00
Dioryctria amatella - Southern Pineconeworm Moth	GNR	S4S5	0.0002
Dioryctria disclusa - Webbing Coneworm Moth	GNR	S3S5	0.0007
Dioryctria taedae	GNR	SH	0.00
Dioryctria taedivorella - Lesser Loblolly Pineconeworm Moth	GNR	S3S5	0.0007
Hypagyrtis esther - Esther Moth	G5	SU	0.0020
Iridopsis vellivolata - Large Purplish Gray Moth	G5	S4S5	0.0002
Lambdina pellucidaria - Yellow-headed Looper	G5	S5	0.00
Lapara coniferarum - Southern Pine Sphinx	G5	S5	0.00
Macaria bicolorata - Bicolored Angle	G5	S5	0.00
Macaria transitaria - Blurry Chocolate Angle	G5	S5	0.00
Melanocinclis lineigera	GNR	S3S5	0.0007
Panthea furcilla - Eastern Panthea Moth	G5	S4S5	0.0002
Pococera robustella - Pine Webworm Moth	GNR	S4	0.0007
Retinia houseri - Minute Pitch-blister Moth
Rhyacionia rigidana - Pitch Pine Tip Moth	GNR	S4S5	0.0002
Tolype notialis - Small Tolype Moth	G4G5	S4S5	0.0002
Xestia elimata - Southern Variable Dart Moth	G5	S4S5	0.0002
Zale buchholzi - Buchholz's Zale	G5	S4	0.0007
Zale curema - Black-eyed Zale	G5	SU	0.0020
Zale helata - Brown-spotted Zale	G5	SU	0.0020
Zale obliqua - Oblique Zale	G5	S5	0.00
Zale squamularis - Gray-banded Zale	G5	S5	0.00
Zale submediana	G5	SU	0.0020
Zanclognatha martha	G4	S4	0.0007
BEETLES
Asemum striatum -	G5	S4S5	0.0002
BUTTERFLIES
Callophrys niphon - Eastern Pine Elfin	G5	S4	0.0007
ORTHOPTERANS
Hubbellia marginifera - Pine Katydid	GNR	S3	0.0058
Oecanthus pini - Pine Tree Cricket	GNR	S3S5	0.0007
Orchelimum minor - Lesser Pine Katydid	GNR	SU	0.0020
BIRDS
Setophaga pinus - Pine Warbler	G5	S5	0.00
Sitta pusilla - Brown-headed Nuthatch	G4	S5	0.00
Expected Number of Extirpations with a PE value (Sum of PE) = 0.0299
N = Number of Extant Species with a PE value = 27
Average PE = ENE/N = 0.0011
Number of S5 species = 9
Proportion of Secure Species = Number of S5 Species/N = 0.3333
Habitat Risk Index = ENE x (1 – PSS) = 0.0199

Phagic and Competitory Symbioses: (Pinus species/Battaristis vittella-Caripeta aretaria -Citheronia sepulcralis-Dasychira manto-Dioryctria amatella-Dioryctria disclusa-Hypagyrtis esther-Lambdina pellucidaria-Lapara coniferarum-Macaria bicolorata-Macaria transitaria-Rhyacionia rigidana-Xestia elimata-Zale obliqua-Callophrys niphon) // (Pinus taeda/Dioryctria taedae-Dioryctria taedivorella)

Candidates for Inclusion

Habitat Sub-sets

Distribution Map

Distribution

Survey Coverage Map

Survey Coverage

Survey Priorities

Average Imperilment of Habitat Members

Habitat Conservation Status

High Quality Habitat Occurrence Table

High Quality Habitat Occurrences

Protected Habitat Occurrences

Threats and Trends

Status Summary

Stewardship Recommendations

References

Updated on

2021-08-05 22:25:07