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Photinia melanocarpa - Gaylussacia baccata / Carex pensylvanica Shrubland | Fleming, G. P., and P. P. Coulli...
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Name: Photinia melanocarpa - Gaylussacia baccata / Carex pensylvanica Shrubland Reference: Fleming, G. P., and P. P. Coulli... Description: This community type is known from scattered localities along nearly the full length of the Blue Ridge in Virginia and could potentially occur in North Carolina, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. This vegetation type is associated with medium- to high-elevation exposed outcrops of igneous and metamorphic rocks, including metabasalt (greenstone), porphyritic leucocharnockite, amphibolite, and rhyolite. Elevation ranges from about 1030-1400 m (3400-4600 feet), but occurrences as low as 730 m (2400 feet) have been observed in the northern Virginia Blue Ridge. Habitats are typically on strongly convex, upper slopes and rocky summits with west to northwest or flat aspects. The community is a patchwork of shrub thickets, small herbaceous mats, and exposed, lichen-covered rock surfaces. Photinia melanocarpa (= Aronia melanocarpa) is the dominant shrub, or is codominant with Gaylussacia baccata, Hamamelis virginiana, Smilax tamnoides, and/or Kalmia latifolia. Minor woody components include Sorbus americana, Rhododendron catawbiense, and Menziesia pilosa, as well as severely stunted Betula alleghaniensis and Quercus rubra.  Accession Code: VB.CC.27036.PHOTINIAMELANOC Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 25-Jun-2001 to: 17-Nov-2014
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Kalmia latifolia - Gaylussacia baccata Shrubland Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Common: High-Elevation Outcrop Barren (Black Chokeberry Igneous / Metamorphic Type)   Translated: Black Chokeberry - Black Huckleberry / Pennsylvania Sedge Shrubland   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689065 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL008508   Scientific: Photinia melanocarpa - Gaylussacia baccata / Carex pensylvanica Shrubland (convergence) and Synonyms: (undetermined) Photinia melanocarpa - Gaylussacia baccata / Carex pensylvanica Shrubland