Name:
Central Midwest-Interior Limestone - Dolostone Dry Cliff Sparse Vegetation
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
This limestone - dolostone dry cliff community type is found throughout the central midwestern-interior United States and southern Ontario, Canada. Stands occur as steep to vertical rock exposures of limestone bedrock. Aspect is variable, but stands are best developed on south- and west-facing slopes. Vegetation is restricted to shelves, cracks and crevices in the rock, generally averaging less than 20%, and typically consisting of vines and ferns. In the Ozarks and Interior Plateau region, ferns include <i>Cheilanthes feei, Argyrochosma dealbata, Pellaea atropurpurea</i>, and <i>Pellaea glabella</i>. Herbaceous forbs and graminoids include <i>Aquilegia canadensis, Stenaria nigricans, Mentzelia oligosperma, Muhlenbergia cuspidata, Sedum pulchellum</i>, and <i>Solidago rugosa ssp. aspera</i>. Lichens include <i>Placidium lachneum, Protoparmeliopsis muralis</i> and <i>Psora russellii</i>. In Ohio, stands contain the ferns <i>Pellaea atropurpurea</i>, and <i>Pellaea glabella</i>, and the forbs <i>Aquilegia canadensis, Arabis laevigata, Heuchera americana, Hydrangea arborescens</i>, and <i>Sedum ternatum</i>. Scattered woody plants across the range include <i>Celastrus scandens, Juniperus virginiana, Parthenocissus quinquefolia, Physocarpus opulifolius, Quercus montana</i> (southward), and <i>Toxicodendron radicans</i>, and farther north, <i>Taxus canadensis, Thuja occidentalis</i>, and <i>Tsuga canadensis</i>.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:31200-{EDFD8583-6D92-42B2-B75E-ADF71BD9AD89}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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