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Sandstone Bedrock Great Lakes Shore Sparse Vegetation | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Sandstone Bedrock Great Lakes Shore Sparse Vegetation
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Description: This sparsely vegetated sandstone bedrock rocky shore community is found on the shores of Lake Superior in the United States and Canada. They occur as small inclusions within areas of the larger sandstone cliff communities. Narrow areas of pavement occur at less than a meter above the lake levels and are generally moist. Mosses, liverworts, and scattered vascular plants may be found. Vascular plants on the pavement are concentrated in cracks in the rock, whereas mosses and liverworts are found where seepages flow across the rock. Some of the more common vascular plants include <i>Achillea millefolium, Chamerion angustifolium (= Epilobium angustifolium), Betula papyrifera, Campanula rotundifolia, Cystopteris fragilis, Deschampsia caespitosa, Phegopteris connectilis (= Thelypteris phegopteris), Alnus incana, Equisetum arvense</i>, and <i>Euthamia graminifolia</i>. Less common, and more restricted to cracks in the pavement, are <i>Sibbaldiopsis tridentata (= Potentilla tridentata), Lobelia kalmii, Packera indecora (= Senecio indecorus), Packera paupercula (= Senecio pauperculus), Physocarpus opulifolius, Primula mistassinica, Trisetum spicatum</i>, and <i>Rubus pubescens</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.36819.CEGL002507
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
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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 Sandstone Bedrock Shore
  Translated: Sandstone Bedrock Great Lakes Shore Sparse Vegetation
  Scientific: Sandstone Bedrock Great Lakes Shore Sparse Vegetation
  Code: CEGL002507
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684126 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo