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Sorghastrum nutans - Schizachyrium scoparium Serpentine Herbaceous Vegetation | Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Sorghastrum nutans - Schizachyrium scoparium Serpentine Herbaceous Vegetation
Reference: Eastern Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This serpentine grassland community of Pennsylvania and Staten Island, New York, is associated with soils derived from weathered serpentine bedrock. It occurs over shallow (15-25 cm deep) silt loam to clay loam soils on low to mid slopes with a northerly aspect. The dominant species in this community are <i>Sorghastrum nutans</i> and <i>Schizachyrium scoparium</i>. Other characteristic herbaceous species may include <i>Symphyotrichum depauperatum (= Aster depauperatus), Vernonia noveboracensis, Achillea millefolium, Deschampsia caespitosa, Packera anonyma (= Senecio anonymus), Oenothera fruticosa ssp. glauca (= Oenothera tetragona), Setaria parviflora (= Setaria geniculata), Panicum virgatum, Danthonia spicata, Symphyotrichum ericoides (= Aster ericoides), Symphyotrichum lateriflorum (= Aster lateriflorus), Ageratina aromatica (= Eupatorium aromaticum), Potentilla simplex</i>, and <i>Asclepias viridiflora</i>. In Pennsylvania, the only important woody species is <i>Juniperus virginiana</i> which may have up to 40% cover in some grasslands. In New York, trees may cover 20-40% and typically include <i>Betula populifolia, Quercus velutina, Sassafras albidum</i>, and <i>Populus tremuloides</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.31015.CEGL006441
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
  • This Community's Level: association
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.787695 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Common: Serpentine Indiangrass - Little Bluestem Grassland
  Translated: Indiangrass - Little Bluestem Serpentine Herbaceous Vegetation
  Scientific: Sorghastrum nutans - Schizachyrium scoparium Serpentine Herbaceous Vegetation
  Code: CEGL006441