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Ozark Igneous Dry Cliff Vegetation | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Ozark Igneous Dry Cliff Vegetation
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This igneous dry cliff type is found in the Missouri Ozarks of the United States. Stands occur on extremely steep to vertical rock exposures along bluffs and mountain domes, often occurring in a series of irregular rock terraces and ledges or as highly weathered massive outcrops. Aspect is variable, but sites are best developed south and west. Soils are generally absent, except on ledges, where they are shallow, ephemerally wet, but very rapidly drained. Parent material is igneous (dellenite, felsite, granite or rhyolite). The vegetation contains few, if any, tree species, but if present they are stunted, limby, and gnarled. Herbaceous cover is sparse (less than 20%) consisting of spring ephemerals and grasses on ledges. Lichens are common on the rock face. Sites are disturbed by droughts, wind and storm damage. Woody plants include <i>Juniperus virginiana</i> and <i>Ulmus alata</i>. Characteristic herbaceous species include <i>Symphyotrichum oblongifolium, Cheilanthes lanosa, Coreopsis lanceolata, Danthonia spicata, Opuntia humifusa, Polypodium virginianum</i>, and <i>Sporobolus clandestinus</i>. Lichens include <i>Pleopsidium chlorophanum, Cladonia caroliniana, Cladonia strepsilis, Placidium lachneum</i> and <i>Punctelia hypoleucites</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:31195-{4C5C8B78-ACA8-48D2-AA70-40AE06AA0825}
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.2.688929 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL002286
  Translated: Ozark Igneous Dry Cliff Vegetation
  Common: Ozark Dry Igneous Cliff
  Scientific: Ozark Igneous Dry Cliff Vegetation
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL002286
(similar) Igneous Ozark Dry Cliff Sparse Vegetation
(similar) Igneous Ozark Dry Cliff Sparse Vegetation