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(Quercus stellata) / Schizachyrium scoparium - Packera plattensis - Parthenium auriculatum - Phemeranthus piedmontanus Wooded Herbaceous Vegetation | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: (Quercus stellata) / Schizachyrium scoparium - Packera plattensis - Parthenium auriculatum - Phemeranthus piedmontanus Wooded Herbaceous Vegetation
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This is a natural grassland vegetation type reported from Virginia's southwestern Piedmont (Franklin County). This community occurs on thin Alfisols or Mollisols developed over serpentinite, dunite, or a similar ultramafic rock. Soils at the Virginia site are described as extremely friable, reddish brown, drought-prone, with a pH of 7 and a calcium:magnesium ratio of 0.22, comparable to serpentine soils. The community occurs at moderate elevations on gentle to steep slopes with a western or southwestern aspect. It occurs as herbaceous grassland openings with scattered, stunted trees, most typically <i>Quercus stellata, Quercus marilandica, Pinus virginiana</i>, and <i>Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana</i>. Shrubs are very sparse to absent. The vegetation has a dense grassy layer dominated by <i>Schizachyrium scoparium, Sporobolus heterolepis</i>, and <i>Packera plattensis</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.34748.CEGL006084
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.2.683371 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Common: Ultramafic Outcrop Barrens
  Translated: (Post Oak) / Little Bluestem - Prairie Groundsel - Glade Wild Quinine - Piedmont Fameflower Wooded Herbaceous Vegetation
  Scientific: (Quercus stellata) / Schizachyrium scoparium - Packera plattensis - Parthenium auriculatum - Phemeranthus piedmontanus Wooded Herbaceous Vegetation
  Code: CEGL006084