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Saxifraga michauxii - Carex misera - Danthonia spicata - Krigia montana Herbaceous Vegetation | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Saxifraga michauxii - Carex misera - Danthonia spicata - Krigia montana Herbaceous Vegetation
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This association consists of rock outcrops with sparse vegetative cover of forbs, grasses and shrubs which are rooted in rock fissures. Typical species include Saxifraga michauxii, Danthonia spicata, Krigia montana, Carex misera, Angelica triquinata, Athyrium filix-femina ssp. asplenioides, Rhododendron catawbiense, and Heuchera villosa. This vegetation occurs at 1350-1870 m elevation within a matrix of Quercus rubra forest or high-elevation grasslands and shrublands. Other characteristic species are Sanguisorba canadensis, Sibbaldiopsis tridentata, Hylotelephium telephioides (= Sedum telephioides), Houstonia purpurea var. montana, Geum radiatum, Solidago spithamaea, and Huperzia appalachiana. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.28356.SAXIFRAGAMICHAU
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 01-Jan-1995 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Translated: Cliff Saxifrage - Wretched Sedge - Poverty Oatgrass - Mountain Cynthia Herbaceous Vegetation
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685604 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Scientific: Saxifraga michauxii - Carex misera - Danthonia spicata - Krigia montana Herbaceous Vegetation
  Common: Southern Appalachian High-Elevation Rocky Summit (Typic Type)
  Code: CEGL004279
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Saxifraga michauxii - Carex misera - Danthonia spicata - Krigia montana Herbaceous Vegetation