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Quartzite - Granite Rock Outcrop Sparse Vegetation | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Quartzite - Granite Rock Outcrop Sparse Vegetation Reference: Midwestern Ecology Working Group... Description: This quartzite - granite rock outcrop community type is found on rocky, relatively level or hilly regions in the northern tallgrass region of the upper midwestern United States. The vegetation is sparse, with little soil development, and extreme temperature fluctuations. The outcrops are composed primarily of Sioux quartzite, granite and gneiss. This community, in Minnesota and South Dakota contains a sparse vegetation layer, with scattered succulents and many annuals. Vegetation growing in the patchy soils include Opuntia fragilis, Opuntia macrorhiza, Escobaria vivipara (= Coryphantha vivipara), and Lomatium orientale, as well as Selaginella rupestris, Talinum parviflorum, Woodsia ilvensis, and a variety of spring and summer blooming annuals.  Accession Code: VB.CC.23702.QUARTZITEGRANIT 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: Quartzite - Granite Rock Outcrop Sparse Vegetation   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686455 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL002298   Scientific: Quartzite - Granite Rock Outcrop Sparse Vegetation   Common: Northern Tallgrass Quartzite - Granite Rock Outcrop (convergence) and Synonyms: (undetermined) Quartzite - Granite Rock Outcrop Sparse Vegetation