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Basalt - Diabase Great Lakes Shore Cliff Sparse Vegetation | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Basalt - Diabase Great Lakes Shore Cliff Sparse Vegetation
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Description: This basalt - diabase cliff community is found along Great Lakes shorelines in the sub-boreal regions of the Great Lakes in the United States and central Canada. Stands occur on vertical or near-vertical, south- to west-facing aspects of bedrock. Moisture is derived from precipitation, with severe wave action possible for cliffs along the Great Lakes shoreline. Mosses, lichens, ferns, and liverworts may be found, with occasional graminoids in crevices or shelves that trap soil. In Minnesota, arctic-alpine disjunct plant species (e.g., <i>Moehringia macrophylla (= Arenaria macrophylla), Draba norvegica</i>) and more temperate plant species may be found. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.37098.CEGL005191
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 Basalt - Diabase Cliff
  Translated: Basalt - Diabase Great Lakes Shore Cliff Sparse Vegetation
  Code: CEGL005191
  Scientific: Basalt - Diabase Great Lakes Shore Cliff Sparse Vegetation
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686857 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo