Login | Datasets | Logout
 

View Community Concepts - Detail

Oxypolis rigidior - Drosera rotundifolia - Platanthera clavellata - Rhexia mariana var. mariana Seep Herbaceous Vegetation | Schafale, M. P. 2011. Classifica...
  click to update datacart
Name: Oxypolis rigidior - Drosera rotundifolia - Platanthera clavellata - Rhexia mariana var. mariana Seep Herbaceous Vegetation
Reference: Schafale, M. P. 2011. Classifica...
Description: This association occurs on open granitic domes (exfoliated outcrops of granite or gneiss) with shallow saturated soils, occurring where a small stream flows over the rock. It may also occasionally occur as narrow bands along streams flowing over exfoliated or dipslope surfaces on forested mountainsides. The flora is quite variable among examples but shares the characteristics of having an unusual mix that includes some species of Coastal Plain affinities or otherwise unusual for the region, mountain wetland species, some species characteristic of bogs, and usually some species of rock outcrops. The species occurring with the highest constancy in known examples are <i>Oxypolis rigidior, Drosera rotundifolia</i>, and <i>Rhynchospora</i> spp. Some wetland orchid species, e.g., <i>Platanthera clavellata, Calopogon</i> sp., <i>Pogonia ophioglossoides</i>, or others, are almost always present. <i>Sarracenia rubra ssp. jonesii (= Sarracenia jonesii)</i> or <i>Sarracenia purpurea</i> are sometimes abundant. <i>Osmunda cinnamomea</i> or <i>Osmunda regalis</i> are often abundant. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.35995.CEGL007043
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 Blue Ridge Bedrock Seep
  Translated: Stiff Cowbane - Roundleaf Sundew - Small Green Wood Orchid - Maryland Meadowbeauty Seep Herbaceous Vegetation
  Scientific: Oxypolis rigidior - Drosera rotundifolia - Platanthera clavellata - Rhexia mariana var. mariana Seep Herbaceous Vegetation
  Code: CEGL007043
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.866824 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo