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Siltstone - Sandstone Rock Outcrop Sparse Vegetation | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Siltstone - Sandstone Rock Outcrop Sparse Vegetation
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Description: This siltstone - sandstone rock outcrop sparsely vegetated community is found in the central Great Plains. Stands occur on nearly level to moderately steep slopes on irregularly eroded sandstone and siltstone escarpments, ravines, and ridgecrests. Soils are poorly developed to absent, and consist of very shallow sandy loams or silty loams. Vegetation is sparse, with a mixture of short shrubs (<1 m tall) and mid and short grasses and forbs. In Nebraska, the short shrubs include widely scattered individuals of Rhus trilobata, though Ericameria parryi var. howardii (= Chrysothamnus parryi ssp. howardii) or Cercocarpus montanus are common in some stands. Forbs are usually more abundant than grasses in sites where soil development is minimal. Eriogonum pauciflorum and Phlox hoodii are among the more abundant. Where a shallow layer of soil has developed, grasses include Bouteloua gracilis and Elymus lanceolatus. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.27282.SILTSTONESANDST
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Translated: Siltstone - Sandstone Rock Outcrop Sparse Vegetation
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689120 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Scientific: Siltstone - Sandstone Rock Outcrop Sparse Vegetation
  Common: Siltstone - Clay Rock Outcrop
  Code: CEGL002047
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Siltstone - Sandstone Rock Outcrop Sparse Vegetation