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Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana - Forestiera ligustrina - Rhus aromatica - Hypericum frondosum Shrubland | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana - Forestiera ligustrina - Rhus aromatica - Hypericum frondosum Shrubland
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Description: This shrubland is a zonal component of Central Basin (Tennessee) limestone cedar glades. It is also found on limestone outcrops of the Alabama Cumberland Plateau and Moulton Valley glade systems, and as a component of cedar glade complexes at Chickamauga-Chattanooga National Military Park. It also occurs on the Pennyroyal Karst Plain of Kentucky. Alabama and Kentucky occurrences are rare and of restricted distribution and limited extent. The substrate consists of broken fragments of flat-bedded sedimentary limestone, with accumulations of shallow soil. Characteristic shrubs include <i>Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana, Rhus aromatica var. aromatica, Frangula caroliniana, Forestiera ligustrina, Berchemia scandens, Hypericum frondosum, Sideroxylon lycioides</i>, and stunted individuals of <i>Acer saccharum, Quercus muehlenbergii, Quercus shumardii, Fraxinus americana</i>, and <i>Ulmus alata</i>. Alabama occurrences may contain an occasional <i>Aesculus pavia</i>. A low 'herbaceous' stratum is dominated by <i>Cheilanthes lanosa, Pleurochaete squarrosa, Thuidium delicatulum, Climacium americanum, Cladonia</i> spp., and <i>Opuntia humifusa</i>. Typically grades into open, herbaceous-dominated glades, or into woodlands or forests commonly dominated by <i>Quercus muehlenbergii, Fraxinus americana</i>, and <i>Celtis laevigata</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.36283.CEGL003938
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Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
     
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Names:   Common: Southern Limestone Glade Margin Shrubland
  Translated: Eastern Red-cedar - Upland Swamp-privet - Fragrant Sumac - Cedar Glade St. John's-wort Shrubland
  Scientific: Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana - Forestiera ligustrina - Rhus aromatica - Hypericum frondosum Shrubland
  Code: CEGL003938
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686507 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo