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Granite - Metamorphic Black Hills Rock Outcrop Sparse Vegetation | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Granite - Metamorphic Black Hills Rock Outcrop Sparse Vegetation Reference: Midwestern Ecology Working Group... Description: This granitic - metamorphic rock outcrop community is found in the Black Hills of the United States and may be related to rock outcrop types in the Rocky Mountains. Included are igneous and metamorphic rock types (e.g., granites, slates, phonolite porphyry). This community is found where granite or schist bedrock is exposed in the higher elevations of the Black Hills. Slopes range from none (flat) to steep. There is little soil development; what soil there is can be found in cracks and depressions in the rock surface. Few vascular plants grow in this community, although lichens are common. Widely scattered <i>Pinus ponderosa</i> grow where there is enough soil to support their roots. Dwarf-shrubs and herbaceous species, such as <i>Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, Juniperus communis</i>, and <i>Carex inops ssp. heliophila</i> can be found in soils pockets as well.  Accession Code: VB.CC.37020.CEGL002295 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: Black Hills Granite - Metamorphic Rock Outcrop   Translated: Granite - Metamorphic Black Hills Rock Outcrop Sparse Vegetation   Scientific: Granite - Metamorphic Black Hills Rock Outcrop Sparse Vegetation   Code: CEGL002295   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685684 NatureServe Explorer