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NY Heritage: Rocky summit grassland | Ecological Communities of New York, 2nd Ed.
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Name: NY Heritage: Rocky summit grassland Reference: Ecological Communities of New York, 2nd Ed. Description: A grassland community that occurs on rocky summits and exposed rocky slopes of hills. Woody plants are sparse and may be scattered near the margin of the community. Small trees and shrubs at low percent cover include eastern red cedar (Juniperus virginiana), shagbark hickory (Carya ovata), and red oak (Quercus rubra). Characteristic and dominant grasses include little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium), tufted hairgrasss (Deschampsia flexuosa), poverty-grass (Danthonia spicata, D. compressa), and Indian grass (Sorghastrum nutans). Other grasses and sedges include Pennsylvania sedge (Carex pennsylvanica), big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii), sweet vernal grass (Anthoxanthum odoratum), and deer-tongue grass (Panicum clandestinum). Other herbs include ebony spleenwort (Asplenium platyneuron), dittany (Cunila origanoides), fragrant goldenrod (Solidago odora), bush-clover (Lespedeza violacea), Greene's rush (Juncus greenei), and whorled loosestrife (Lysimachia quadrifolia). Characteristic nonvascular species include lichens and mosses on scattered rock outcrops.  Accession Code: VB.CC.29009.NYHERITAGEROCKY Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 1
	Party Perspective according to: Howard, Timothy Perspective from: 03-Dec-2004 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: NY Heritage: TERRESTRIAL SYSTEM This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Other: NY Heritage: Rocky summit grassland