Name:
Limestone - Dolostone Midwest Dry Cliff Sparse Vegetation
Reference:
Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
Description:
This limestone - dolostone cliff community type is found throughout the midwestern United States and adjacent Canada. Stands occur as steep to vertical rock exposures of limestone bedrock. Aspect is variable, but stands are best developed on south- and west-facing slopes. Vegetation is restricted to shelves, cracks and crevices in the rock, generally averaging less than 20%, and typically consisting of vines and ferns. In the Ozarks and Interior Plateau region, ferns include Cheilanthes feei, Argyrochosma dealbata (= Notholaena dealbata), Pellaea atropurpurea, and Pellaea glabella. Herbaceous forbs and graminoids include Aquilegia canadensis, Hedyotis nigricans (= Houstonia nigricans), Mentzelia oligosperma, Muhlenbergia cuspidata, Sedum pulchellum, and Solidago rugosa ssp. aspera (= Solidago drummondii). Lichens include Placidium lachneum (= Dermatocarpon lachneum), Lecanora muralis and Psora russellii. In Ohio, stands contain the ferns Pellaea atropurpurea, and Pellaea glabella, and the forbs Aquilegia canadensis, Arabis laevigata, Heuchera americana, Hydrangea arborescens, and Sedum ternatum. Scattered woody plants across the range include Celastrus scandens, Juniperus virginiana, Parthenocissus quinquefolia, Physocarpus opulifolius, Quercus prinus (southward), and Toxicodendron radicans (= Rhus radicans), and farther north, Taxus canadensis, Thuja occidentalis, and Tsuga canadensis.
Accession Code:
VB.CC.22082.LIMESTONEDOLOST
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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