Name:
Schoenus nigricans - Hedyotis nigricans Wooded Herbaceous Vegetation
Reference:
Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description:
These are calcareous glades of the temperate Coastal Plain, consisting of rather soft, chalky limestone, in Gadsden and Jackson counties, Florida, and Decatur County, Georgia. Dominant herbaceous species are Schoenus nigricans, Hedyotis nigricans var. nigricans, Muhlenbergia capillaris (var. capillaris), Andropogon sp., Setaria sp., Helianthus radula, and Dichanthelium sp. Some additional forbs are Callirhoe papaver, Rudbeckia fulgida, Aristida spp., Delphinium carolinianum ssp. carolinianum, Stachys crenata, Lepuropetalon spathulatum, Solidago discoidea, Liatris squarrosa, Symphyotrichum pratense (= Aster sericeus var. microphyllus), Asclepias viridis, Asclepias viridiflora, Ponthieva racemosa, Carex cherokeensis, Rhynchospora spp., and Selaginella ludoviciana. Nostoc commune is abundant on the exposed limestone. Woody species occurring in islands and borders are Berchemia scandens, Cercis canadensis var. canadensis, Sideroxylon sp., Morella cerifera (= Myrica cerifera), Diospyros virginiana, Fraxinus americana, Ulmus alata, Acer leucoderme, Rhus copallinum, Crataegus spathulata, Yucca filamentosa (= Yucca flaccida), and Viburnum sp.
Accession Code:
VB.CC.20488.SCHOENUSNIGRICA
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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