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CRITICAL CAPE COD HABITATS
Pitch Pine-Scrub Oak Barrens
 Pitch
Pine is a salt tolerant tree species that is adaptable to
varying environmental conditions along the coast. Scrub Oak
trees are even more tolerant of the coastal salt spray. Most
of the existing stands today are from plantings that occurred
almost 200 years ago. They can withstand poor nutrient and
acidic soil conditions. Pine barrens are desirable for development
because of their flatness and fast draining sandy soils. They
also need fire management and development limits the amount
of prescribed fires.
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Mass
Military Reservation: The coastal version
of Pitch Pine- Scrub Oak is found here.
Rare Species that live in this habitat:
- Barrens Tiger Beetle (special concern)
- Barrens Daggermoth (threatened)
- Gerhard's Underwing Moth (threatened)
- Hentz's Redbelly Tiger Beetle (threatened)
- New Jersey Tea Inchworm Moth (threatened)
- Pine Barrens Lycia Moth (threatened)
- Williams' Tigermoth (threatened)
- Copperhead Snake (endangered)
- Timber Rattlesnake (endangered)
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photos copyright ©Farley
Lewis
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