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Packera tomentosa - Croton willdenowii - Schizachyrium scoparium - (Selaginella rupestris) Herbaceous Vegetation | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Packera tomentosa - Croton willdenowii - Schizachyrium scoparium - (Selaginella rupestris) Herbaceous Vegetation
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This perennial-dominated herbaceous community is a zonal component of granitic flatrock communities of the Piedmont of Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Alabama. The characteristic and typically dominant species are <i>Packera tomentosa (= Senecio tomentosus)</i> and <i>Croton willdenowii (= Crotonopsis elliptica)</i>. In some examples, <i>Schizachyrium scoparium</i> and <i>Selaginella rupestris</i> may have high cover. Other characteristic species include <i>Diodia teres</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.35811.CEGL004298
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
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Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
  • This Community's Level: association
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Common: Granite Flatrock Complex, Perennial Zone
  Translated: Woolly Ragwort - Willdenow's Croton - Little Bluestem - (Rock Spikemoss) Herbaceous Vegetation
  Scientific: Packera tomentosa - Croton willdenowii - Schizachyrium scoparium - (Selaginella rupestris) Herbaceous Vegetation
  Code: CEGL004298
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686150 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo