Name:
Menziesia pilosa - Vaccinium (erythrocarpum, simulatum, corymbosum) - Sorbus americana Shrubland
Reference:
Fleming, G. P., and K. D. Patter...
Description:
This deciduous shrubland is known from several exposed, rock outcrop promontories between 1500 and 1675 m (5000-5500 feet) elevation in the Mount Rogers - Whitetop massif of the southern Virginia Blue Ridge. The exposed sites are subject to low winter temperatures, high winds, and ice storms, as well as high solar irradiation and moisture evaporation during the growing season. Slope profiles are strongly convex and surface cover of exposed bedrock and boulders is >25% in plot samples. Soils are extremely acidic (mean pH = 3.9) and low in base status. Vegetation is a deciduous shrubland codominated by <i>Menziesia pilosa</i>, stunted <i>Sorbus americana</i>, and either <i>Vaccinium simulatum</i> or <i>Vaccinium erythrocarpum</i>, or both. Associated shrubs and tree saplings include <i>Rubus canadensis, Crataegus punctata, Amelanchier laevis, Ribes rotundifolium, Ribes cynosbati, Prunus pensylvanica, Rhododendron calendulaceum</i>, and <i>Smilax tamnoides</i>. The most frequent herbs are <i>Danthonia compressa, Athyrium filix-femina ssp. asplenioides, Oclemena acuminata, Carex debilis var. rudgei, Heuchera villosa, Saxifraga michauxii, Maianthemum canadense, Carex pensylvanica</i>, and <i>Carex brunnescens ssp. sphaerostachya</i>.
Accession Code:
VB.CC.37522.CEGL004819
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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This Community's Level:
association
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Names:
Common: Southern Appalachian Deciduous Heath Bald
Translated: Minniebush - (Southern Mountain Cranberry, Upland Highbush Blueberry, Highbush Blueberry) - American Mountain-ash Shrubland
Code: CEGL004819
Scientific: Menziesia pilosa - Vaccinium (erythrocarpum, simulatum, corymbosum) - Sorbus americana Shrubland
UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.836335
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