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Sandstone Bedrock Great Lakes Shore Sparse Vegetation | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Sandstone Bedrock Great Lakes Shore Sparse Vegetation Reference: Midwestern Ecology Working Group... Description: This sparsely vegetated sandstone bedrock rocky shore community is found on the shores of Lake Superior in the United States and Canada. They occur as small inclusions within areas of the larger sandstone cliff communities. Narrow areas of pavement occur at less than a meter above the lake levels and are generally moist. Mosses, liverworts, and scattered vascular plants may be found. Vascular plants on the pavement are concentrated in cracks in the rock, whereas mosses and liverworts are found where seepages flow across the rock. Some of the more common vascular plants include Achillea millefolium, Chamerion angustifolium (= Epilobium angustifolium), Betula papyrifera, Campanula rotundifolia, Cystopteris fragilis, Deschampsia caespitosa, Phegopteris connectilis (= Thelypteris phegopteris), Alnus incana, Equisetum arvense, and Euthamia graminifolia. Less common, and more restricted to cracks in the pavement, are Sibbaldiopsis tridentata (= Potentilla tridentata), Lobelia kalmii, Packera indecora (= Senecio indecorus), Packera paupercula (= Senecio pauperculus), Physocarpus opulifolius, Primula mistassinica, Trisetum spicatum, and Rubus pubescens.  Accession Code: VB.CC.19518.SANDSTONEBEDROC Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Nov-2014
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Open Pavement Sparsely Vegetated Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Translated: Sandstone Bedrock Great Lakes Shore Sparse Vegetation   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684126 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL002507   Scientific: Sandstone Bedrock Great Lakes Shore Sparse Vegetation   Common: Great Lakes Sandstone Bedrock Shore (convergence) and Synonyms: (undetermined) Sandstone Bedrock Great Lakes Shore Sparse Vegetation