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Ozark Chert Dry Cliff Vegetation | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Ozark Chert Dry Cliff Vegetation
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
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</i>, and <i>Polygonum tenue</i>. Lichens include <i>Pleopsidium chlorophanum, Cladonia caroliniana</i>, and <i>Xanthoparmelia</i> spp. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:31194-{6E506FEC-19C2-4E01-9EFB-5E1F8ED44505}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 27-Mar-2000 to: ongoing
     
  • status: accepted
  • Community's Parent: Ozark Acidic Cliff Alliance
  • This Community's Level: Association
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685883 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL002285
  Translated: Ozark Chert Dry Cliff Vegetation
  Common: Ozark Dry Chert Cliff
  Scientific: Ozark Chert Dry Cliff Vegetation
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL002285
(similar) Chert Ozark Dry Cliff Sparse Vegetation
(similar) Chert Ozark Dry Cliff Sparse Vegetation