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Sedum pulchellum - Talinum calcaricum - Leavenworthia spp. / Nostoc commune Herbaceous Vegetation | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Sedum pulchellum - Talinum calcaricum - Leavenworthia spp. / Nostoc commune Herbaceous Vegetation
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This herbaceous community is a zonal component of Nashville Basin (Tennessee) and Moulton Valley (Alabama) Cedar Glades. This vegetation characteristically occupies depressions in the limestone which hold water in the winter and early spring. These areas become desiccated and baked in the heat of summer. Characteristic plants are the annuals <i>Sedum pulchellum</i> and <i>Leavenworthia</i> spp., and the perennial <i>Talinum calcaricum</i>. The characteristic endemic <i>Leavenworthia</i> spp. in Tennessee are <i>Leavenworthia stylosa, Leavenworthia torulosa</i>, and <i>Leavenworthia exigua</i>. The blue-green alga <i>Nostoc commune</i> forms mats. Related vegetation is found in Simpson and Warren counties of Kentucky. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.35302.CEGL004346
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: Interior Low Plateau Limestone Glade Ephemeral Pool
  Translated: Widow's-cross - Limestone Fameflower - Gladecress species / Common Nostoc Herbaceous Vegetation
  Scientific: Sedum pulchellum - Talinum calcaricum - Leavenworthia spp. / Nostoc commune Herbaceous Vegetation
  Code: CEGL004346
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683728 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo