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Piedmont Acidic Cliff Sparse Vegetation | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Piedmont Acidic Cliff Sparse Vegetation Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro... Description: This sparsely vegetated cliff association occurs in the Piedmont of the southeastern United States. Examples are found on steep to vertical outcrops of acidic substrates, in topographically low settings such as river bluffs that are not subject to flood scouring. Substrates may include various felsic igneous or metamorphic rocks, acidic saprolite, and occasionally unconsolidated acidic sediments. Vegetation is low in cover, and is confined to lichens and plants growing on bare rock and to sparse herbs, shrubs, and trees rooted in local pockets of deeper soil. The flora is a mix that usually includes drought-tolerant, shade-intolerant species, species shared with surrounding forests, and sometimes local occurrences of wetland species associated with small seepage zones. Most of the species are acid-tolerant, and more basophilic species are largely absent. Lichens and bryophytes may be abundant or scarce.  Accession Code: VB.CC.35728.CEGL003979 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: Piedmont Cliff (Acidic Type)   Translated: Piedmont Acidic Cliff Sparse Vegetation   Scientific: Piedmont Acidic Cliff Sparse Vegetation   Code: CEGL003979   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688372 NatureServe Explorer