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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. This vegetation occurs in the Southern Appalachians of Tennessee and North Carolina at 1350-1870 m elevation within a matrix of <i>Quercus rubra</i> forest or high-elevation grasslands and shrublands. Typical species include <i>Saxifraga michauxii, Danthonia spicata, Krigia montana, Carex misera, Angelica triquinata, Athyrium filix-femina ssp. asplenioides, Rhododendron catawbiense</i>, and <i>Heuchera villosa</i>. Other characteristic species are <i>Sanguisorba canadensis, Sibbaldiopsis tridentata, Hylotelephium telephioides (= Sedum telephioides), Houstonia purpurea var. montana, Geum radiatum, Solidago spithamaea</i>, and <i>Huperzia appalachiana</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.35037.CEGL004279
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:   Common: Southern Appalachian High-Elevation Rocky Summit (Typic Type)
  Translated: Michaux's Saxifrage - Wretched Sedge - Poverty Oatgrass - Mountain Dwarf-dandelion Herbaceous Vegetation
  Scientific: Saxifraga michauxii - Carex misera - Danthonia spicata - Krigia montana Herbaceous Vegetation
  Code: CEGL004279
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685604 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo