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Schizachyrium scoparium - Danthonia sericea - Liatris microcephala - (Eurybia surculosa) Wooded Herbaceous Vegetation | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Schizachyrium scoparium - Danthonia sericea - Liatris microcephala - (Eurybia surculosa) Wooded Herbaceous Vegetation
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: These are sandstone barrens found on clifftops, exposed slopes, and other rocky areas in the Cumberland Plateau (and rarely adjacent provinces), with patches of vegetation in thin soils. Stands are dominated by species such as Schizachyrium scoparium, Danthonia sericea, Liatris microcephala, Eurybia surculosa (= Aster surculosus), Hypericum gentianoides, Minuartia glabra (in some occurrences), Allium cuthbertii (in some occurrences), Talinum mengesii, Nuttallanthus canadensis (= Linaria canadensis), Opuntia humifusa var. humifusa, Sporobolus vaginiflorus, Erigeron strigosus, Grimmia spp., and fruticose lichens such as Cladonia spp., and Cladina spp. Scattered trees and shrubs, such as Pinus virginiana, Vaccinium arboreum, and Chionanthus virginicus, may occur on the margins of the community, and in patches of deeper soil. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.21428.SCHIZACHYRIUMSC
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 01-Jan-1996 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Translated: Little Bluestem - Silky Oatgrass - Small-head Blazingstar - (Creeping Aster) Wooded Herbaceous Vegetation
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685076 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL004061
  Scientific: Schizachyrium scoparium - Danthonia sericea - Liatris microcephala - (Eurybia surculosa) Wooded Herbaceous Vegetation
  Common: Cumberland Plateau Clifftop Sandstone Barren
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Schizachyrium scoparium - Danthonia sericea - Liatris microcephala - (Eurybia surculosa) Wooded Herbaceous Vegetation