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Adiantum aleuticum - Asplenium spp. - Cerastium arvense Sparse Vegetation | Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Adiantum aleuticum - Asplenium spp. - Cerastium arvense Sparse Vegetation
Reference: Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This sparsely vegetated serpentine outcrop community occurs in a few locations in central and northern New England. It is found on small exposed bedrock outcrops of ultra-mafic rock such as serpentinite or dunite. The comparatively high magnesium, iron, nickel and chromium levels of this rock create soil conditions that only a few plant species are able to withstand. Slope may be gentle or steep. The few plants that occur are located in small cracks and crevices on the rock surface. Characteristic species include Asplenium trichomanes, Campanula rotundifolia, Cerastium arvense, Danthonia spicata, Deschampsia flexuosa, Poa compressa, Minuartia stricta, and Moehringia macrophylla. Woody plants, if present, are stunted individuals. Eastern populations of the maidenhair fern Adiantum aleuticum, and all known populations of Adiantum viridimontanum are restricted to this community. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.22070.ADIANTUMALEUTIC
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Translated: Serpentine Maidenhair - Spleenwort species - Field Chickweed Sparse Vegetation
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685488 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL006104
  Scientific: Adiantum aleuticum - Asplenium spp. - Cerastium arvense Sparse Vegetation
  Common: Eastern Serpentine Outcrop Community
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(undetermined) Adiantum aleuticum - Asplenium spp. - Cerastium arvense Sparse Vegetation