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Asplenium montanum - Heuchera villosa Felsic Cliff Sparse Vegetation | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Asplenium montanum - Heuchera villosa Felsic Cliff Sparse Vegetation
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This community occurs in the Blue Ridge and upper Piedmont of Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. It includes vertical rock faces associated with felsic, metamorphic and igneous geologies. This community generally has little vegetative cover, often with 90% of the rock surface unvegetated. Mosses (e.g., Thuidium spp., Fissidens spp., Campylium sp., Bryoandersonia sp., Plagiomnium sp.) and lichens can have moderate coverage, and vascular plants occur on ledges and rooted in cracks. Asplenium montanum and Heuchera villosa are characteristic components. Other typical species include Agrostis perennans, Arisaema triphyllum, Aristolochia macrophylla, Asplenium trichomanes, Eurybia divaricata (= Aster divaricatus), Cystopteris protrusa, Dryopteris marginalis, Hydrangea arborescens, Parthenocissus quinquefolia, Polypodium appalachianum, and Rubus canadensis. These cliffs are typically dry, although small seepages may occur. They are usually shaded by trees rooted on ledges and by the surrounding forest. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.18214.ASPLENIUMMONTAN
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 01-Dec-1997 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Translated: Mountain Spleenwort - Rock Alumroot Felsic Cliff Sparse Vegetation
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683486 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL004980
  Scientific: Asplenium montanum - Heuchera villosa Felsic Cliff Sparse Vegetation
  Common: Appalachian Felsic Cliff
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Asplenium montanum - Heuchera villosa Felsic Cliff Sparse Vegetation