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Sandstone Great Lakes Shore Cliff Sparse Vegetation | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Sandstone Great Lakes Shore Cliff Sparse Vegetation Reference: Midwestern Ecology Working Group... Description: This sandstone cliff community is found in the northern Great Lakes shorelines of the United States and Canada. The substrate is Precambrian sandstone, which in Michigan is exposed along the southern shoreline of Lake Superior. Cliffs rise up over 50 m in places. Species composition varies somewhat, depending on sandstone type, but sandstone cliffs are very low in botanical diversity for a variety of reasons, including lack of soil for rooting, droughtiness on much of the rock surface, exposure to waves and ice, and in some places, unstable surface prone to wave erosion. Some portions of the cliff are moist from small streams or seepages. Jacobsville sandstone has cliff faces that are largely unvegetated, with mosses, lichens, and herbs concentrated in seeps and streams. Two common herbs are <i>Sagina procumbens</i> and <i>Stellaria calycantha</i>. <i>Pinguicula vulgaris</i> also grows on moist cliffs.  Accession Code: VB.CC.36815.CEGL002503 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: Great Lakes Shore Sandstone Cliff   Translated: Sandstone Great Lakes Shore Cliff Sparse Vegetation   Scientific: Sandstone Great Lakes Shore Cliff Sparse Vegetation   Code: CEGL002503   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688099 NatureServe Explorer