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A.1683 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.1683
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: Calcareous rock outcrop communities, usually more or less vertical, continuously or seasonally saturated with spray from nearby waterfalls, or wet by wave splash or seepage, with substantial or dominant ~Adiantum capillus-veneris$, and dense cover of bryophytes. Found in Kentucky (and Tennessee) along bluffs of the Cumberland River and its South Fork. At these sites, ~Boehmeria cylindrica$ and ~Lobelia siphilitica$ are common herbaceous associates; ~Hydrangea arborescens$ is a common shrub. Related vegetation is also reported from bluffs of the Cahaba River in central Alabama. Also includes waterfall spray cliff communities along streams in the Edwards Plateau of central Texas. These communities are continuously or at least seasonally saturated by spray, occur on limestone, have ~Adiantum capillus-veneris$ as one of the most abundant vascular plants, and dense cover and often also high diversity of bryophytes. In addition, this alliance occurs on seepy limestone exposed on shaded riverbanks, sinkhole sides, and stream ravines in Florida and adjacent states. At these sites, ~Adiantum capillus-veneris$ and ~Thelypteris kunthii$ are generally the dominant herbs. ~Decumaria barbara$ is often a common to codominant festooning vine. Other species may include ~Aristolochia serpentaria, Selaginella ludoviciana, Carex$ spp., and others. Bryophytes are abundant and lush, usually dominated by the thallose liverwort ~Dumortiera hirsuta$. Also includes wave splash community on marl outcrops, known from the north shore of Lake Waccamaw, Columbus County, North Carolina. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.1435.A1683
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Mar-2005
     
  • status: accepted
  • Community's Parent: V.B.2.N.f
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: ADIANTUM CAPILLUS-VENERIS SATURATED HERBACEOUS ALLIANCE
  Code: A.1683
  Common: Southern Maidenhair Saturated Herbaceous Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Adiantum capillus-veneris Saturated Herbaceous Alliance