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Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana - Fraxinus quadrangulata / Symphyotrichum oblongifolium - Panicum flexile - Sedum pulchellum Woodland | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana - Fraxinus quadrangulata / Symphyotrichum oblongifolium - Panicum flexile - Sedum pulchellum Woodland
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This community occurs on Middle Ordovician Limestone of the Inner Bluegrass region of Kentucky. The canopy also contains Quercus muehlenbergii. The herbaceous stratum entirely lacks Schizachyrium scoparium and Sporobolus spp., typical of many related communities, including Fraxinus quadrangulata - Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana / Schizachyrium scoparium - Lithospermum canescens Woodland (CEGL007994) of the Eastern Knobs region. Some other herbs which are apparently common to both of these associations include Carex eburnea (which may be locally dominant), Houstonia canadensis, Minuartia patula, Allium cernuum, and Pellaea atropurpurea. The presence of Clematis viorna and Phlox bifida may help distinguish this association from CEGL007994. Slightly moister, shadier areas support Pleopeltis polypodioides, Danthonia spicata, Schizachne purpurascens, Carex pensylvanica, Cerastium arvense, Aquilegia canadensis, and Solidago sphacelata. Scattered shrubs include Physocarpus opulifolius, Rosa carolina, Zanthoxylum americanum, Ptelea trifoliata, and Rhus aromatica. This type is in effect a mosaic of herbaceous ledge and cliff vegetation mixed with rocky woodlands dominated by Juniperus virginiana, Quercus muehlenbergii, and Fraxinus quadrangulata. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.19284.JUNIPERUSVIRGIN
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 01-Dec-1995 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Translated: Eastern Red-cedar - Blue Ash / Aromatic Aster - Wiry Panicgrass - Widow's-cross Woodland
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683778 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL004271
  Scientific: Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana - Fraxinus quadrangulata / Symphyotrichum oblongifolium - Panicum flexile - Sedum pulchellum Woodland
  Common: Bluegrass Ledge/Cliff Glade Woodland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana - Fraxinus quadrangulata / Symphyotrichum oblongifolium - Panicum flexile - Sedum pulchellum Woodland