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Photinia melanocarpa - Gaylussacia baccata / Carex pensylvanica Shrubland | Fleming, G. P., and P. P. Coulli...
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Name: Photinia melanocarpa - Gaylussacia baccata / Carex pensylvanica Shrubland
Reference: Fleming, G. P., and P. P. Coulli...
Description: This community type is known from scattered localities along nearly the full length of the Blue Ridge in Virginia and could potentially occur in North Carolina, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. This vegetation type is associated with medium- to high-elevation exposed outcrops of igneous and metamorphic rocks, including metabasalt (greenstone), porphyritic leucocharnockite, amphibolite, and rhyolite. Elevation ranges from about 880 to 1400 m (2900-4600 feet). Habitats are typically on strongly convex, upper slopes and rocky summits with west to northwest or flat aspects. The community is a patchwork of shrub thickets, small herbaceous mats, and exposed, lichen-covered rock surfaces. <i>Photinia melanocarpa (= Aronia melanocarpa)</i> is the dominant shrub, or is codominant with <i>Gaylussacia baccata, Hamamelis virginiana, Smilax tamnoides</i>, and/or <i>Kalmia latifolia</i>. Minor woody components include <i>Sorbus americana, Rhododendron catawbiense</i>, and <i>Menziesia pilosa</i>, as well as severely stunted <i>Betula alleghaniensis</i> and <i>Quercus rubra</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.37197.CEGL008508
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: High-Elevation Outcrop Barrens (Black Chokeberry Igneous / Metamorphic Type)
  Translated: Black Chokeberry - Black Huckleberry / Pennsylvania Sedge Shrubland
  Scientific: Photinia melanocarpa - Gaylussacia baccata / Carex pensylvanica Shrubland
  Code: CEGL008508
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689065 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo