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Chert Ozark Dry Cliff Sparse Vegetation | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Chert Ozark Dry Cliff Sparse Vegetation
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Description: This dry chert cliff type is found in the Missouri Ozarks region of the United States. Stands occur on extremely steep to vertical rock exposures along bluffs or rock ledges in valleys. Aspect is variable, but best developed south and west. Soils are generally absent, except on ledges, where they are shallow, very rapidly drained and dry (they can be ephemerally wet). Parent material is chert or cherty conglomerate. Disturbances include drought stress and wind and storm damage. The vegetation contains few, if any, trees, and these are limby, gnarled, open-grown, and stunted. Herbaceous cover is less than 20%, consisting of spring ephemerals and grasses on ledges, and lichens on the open rock. Characteristic woody plants include <i>Quercus marilandica</i>. Herbaceous species include <i>Asplenium bradleyi, Cheilanthes lanosa, Coreopsis lanceolata, Danthonia spicata, Lechea tenuifolia, Opuntia humifusa (= Opuntia compressa)</i>, and <i>Polygonum tenue</i>. Lichens include <i>Pleopsidium chlorophanum (= Acarospora chlorophana), Cladonia caroliniana</i>, and <i>Xanthoparmelia</i> spp. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.37065.CEGL002285
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
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Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
     
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Names:   Common: Ozark Dry Chert Cliff
  Translated: Chert Ozark Dry Cliff Sparse Vegetation
  Scientific: Chert Ozark Dry Cliff Sparse Vegetation
  Code: CEGL002285
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685883 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo