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A.1828 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.1828
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: This alliance is found in the western Great Lakes region on rocky substrates. Mosses and lichens comprise most of the cover. Short trees, shrubs, and graminoids are scattered throughout the stands. Vascular species can be found where soil has collected in cracks and depressions in the bedrock and on the edges of stands. ~Cladonia$ spp. and ~Polytrichum$ spp. are two abundant nonvascular taxa. ~Pinus banksiana$ is the most common tree, sometimes accompanied by ~Abies balsamea, Picea glauca, Picea mariana$, and ~Quercus rubra$. Other typical vascular species include the shrubs ~Amelanchier$ spp., ~Diervilla lonicera, Salix bebbiana$, and ~Vaccinium$ spp., and herbaceous species such as ~Aralia hispida, Corydalis sempervirens, Sibbaldiopsis tridentata$, and grasses. ^Stands of this alliance occur on rock outcrops on ridgetops and upper slopes. The sandy and coarse loamy soils are found only in cracks and depressions in the bedrock. Aspect and slope are variable, although this alliance does not occur on steep slopes. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.1531.A1828
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: VI.B.1.N.c
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: PINUS BANKSIANA / CLADINA SPP. NONVASCULAR ALLIANCE
  Code: A.1828
  Common: Jack Pine / Reindeer Lichen species Nonvascular Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Pinus banksiana / Cladina spp. Nonvascular Alliance