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Cystopteris bulbifera / Dumortiera hirsuta Sinkhole Wall Sparse Vegetation | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Cystopteris bulbifera / Dumortiera hirsuta Sinkhole Wall Sparse Vegetation
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This association is variable in composition, but is normally dominated by <i>Cystopteris bulbifera</i> and the liverwort, <i>Dumortiera hirsuta</i>. This association is the characteristic habitat for <i>Asplenium scolopendrium var. americanum (= Phyllitis scolopendrium)</i> in the southeastern United States. It occurs on vertical and near-vertical slopes of vertical-shaft limestone sinkholes in northern Alabama and southern Tennessee. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.36212.CEGL004988
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 Limestone Sinkhole
  Translated: Bulblet Bladderfern / Dumortiera Sinkhole Wall Sparse Vegetation
  Scientific: Cystopteris bulbifera / Dumortiera hirsuta Sinkhole Wall Sparse Vegetation
  Code: CEGL004988
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684788 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo