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Chert Ozark Moist Cliff Sparse Vegetation | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Chert Ozark Moist Cliff Sparse Vegetation
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Description: This moist chert cliff community is found in the Ozarks region of the south-central United States. Stands occur on extremely steep to vertical rock exposures in crevices along bluffs or rock ledges in valleys. Aspect is northern and east. Soils are generally absent, except in crevices or on ledges. Moisture drains rapidly, but conditions may remain moist because of shading or extensive moss and lichen mats. Bedrock is chert or chert conglomerates. Overall vegetation is sparse, with the herbaceous layer less than 20%. Trees, when present, are scattered and limby. The herbaceous layer is dominated by ferns and spring ephemerals. Ferns include <i>Asplenium trichomanes, Dryopteris marginalis</i>, and <i>Polypodium virginianum</i>, and possibly <i>Dryopteris goldiana</i>. Forbs may include <i>Mitella diphylla</i> and <i>Mitchella repens</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.37062.CEGL002288
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: Ozark Moist Chert Cliff
  Translated: Chert Ozark Moist Cliff Sparse Vegetation
  Scientific: Chert Ozark Moist Cliff Sparse Vegetation
  Code: CEGL002288
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685238 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo