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Small Eroding Bluffs Midwestern Sparse Vegetation | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Small Eroding Bluffs Midwestern Sparse Vegetation
Reference: Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
Description: This sparsely vegetated bluff community is found in restricted places throughout the midwestern United States and adjacent Canada. Sites are found in deeply cut ravines or valleys, especially adjacent to streams or rivers. Stands consist of vertical exposures of eroded unconsolidated material (glacial drift, loess), or weak rock (shale). Soils are absent or confined to the crests of the bluff. Moisture is variable. The vegetation is sparse. Species composition is quite variable, and there may be little floristic coherence to the type. Species include, in Indiana, <i>Danthonia spicata, Heuchera</i> spp., <i>Hydrangea arborescens, Solidago nemoralis</i>; in Illinois, <i>Danthonia spicata, Solidago nemoralis, Taenidia integerrima</i>; and in Missouri, <i>Adiantum pedatum, Arisaema triphyllum (= Arisaema atrorubens), Equisetum arvense, Equisetum hyemale</i>, and <i>Impatiens capensis</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.36750.CEGL002315
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: Midwestern Small Eroding Bluffs
  Translated: Small Eroding Bluffs Midwestern Sparse Vegetation
  Scientific: Small Eroding Bluffs Midwestern Sparse Vegetation
  Code: CEGL002315
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684760 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo