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Saxifraga michauxii - Carex misera - Oclemena acuminata - Solidago glomerata Herbaceous Vegetation | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Saxifraga michauxii - Carex misera - Oclemena acuminata - Solidago glomerata Herbaceous Vegetation Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro... Description: This association covers high-elevation (greater than 1980 m) vegetated rock outcrops of highly fractured felsic to mafic bedrock. The vegetative cover is sparse with grasses, forbs and shrubs rooted in rock fissures. Typical species in stands of this type are Carex misera, Abies fraseri, Menziesia pilosa, Heuchera villosa, Rhododendron catawbiense, Saxifraga michauxii, Sorbus americana, Oclemena acuminata (= Aster acuminatus), and Solidago glomerata. This community occurs in a matrix of Picea rubens - Abies fraseri forest. Other characteristic species are Minuartia glabra and Polypodium appalachianum.  Accession Code: VB.CC.19422.SAXIFRAGAMICHAU Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 01-Jan-1995 to: 17-Nov-2014
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Saxifraga michauxii Herbaceous Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Translated: Cliff Saxifrage - Wretched Sedge - Whorled Wood Aster - Skunk Goldenrod Herbaceous Vegetation   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684112 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL004277   Scientific: Saxifraga michauxii - Carex misera - Oclemena acuminata - Solidago glomerata Herbaceous Vegetation   Common: Southern Appalachian High-Elevation Rocky Summit (High Peak Type) (convergence) and Synonyms: (undetermined) Saxifraga michauxii - Carex misera - Oclemena acuminata - Solidago glomerata Herbaceous Vegetation