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Granite - Metamorphic Black Hills Rock Outcrop Sparse Vegetation | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Granite - Metamorphic Black Hills Rock Outcrop Sparse Vegetation Reference: Midwestern Ecology Working Group... Description: This granitic - metamorphic rock outcrop community is found in the Black Hills of the United States and may be related to rock outcrop types in the Rocky Mountains. Included are igneous and metamorphic rock types (e.g., granites, slates, phonolite porphyry). This community is found where granite or schist bedrock is exposed in the higher elevations of the Black Hills. Slopes range from none (flat) to steep. There is little soil development; what soil there is can be found in cracks and depressions in the rock surface. Few vascular plants grow in this community, although lichens are common. Widely scattered Pinus ponderosa grow where there is enough soil to support their roots. Dwarf-shrubs and herbaceous species, such as Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, Juniperus communis, and Carex inops ssp. heliophila can be found in soils pockets as well.  Accession Code: VB.CC.21488.GRANITEMETAMORP 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: Rock Outcrop Sparsely Vegetated Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Translated: Granite - Metamorphic Black Hills Rock Outcrop Sparse Vegetation   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685684 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL002295   Scientific: Granite - Metamorphic Black Hills Rock Outcrop Sparse Vegetation   Common: Black Hills Granite - Metamorphic Rock Outcrop (convergence) and Synonyms: (undetermined) Granite - Metamorphic Black Hills Rock Outcrop Sparse Vegetation