Login | Datasets | Logout
 

View Community Concepts - Detail

Granite - Metamorphic Black Hills Rock Outcrop Sparse Vegetation | NatureServe Biotics 2019
  click to update datacart
Name: Granite - Metamorphic Black Hills Rock Outcrop Sparse Vegetation
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This granitic - metamorphic rock outcrop community is found in the Black Hills of the United States and may be related to rock outcrop types in the Rocky Mountains. Included are igneous and metamorphic rock types (e.g., granites, slates, phonolite porphyry). This community is found where granite or schist bedrock is exposed in the higher elevations of the Black Hills. Slopes range from none (flat) to steep. There is little soil development; what soil there is can be found in cracks and depressions in the rock surface. Few vascular plants grow in this community, although lichens are common. Widely scattered <i>Pinus ponderosa</i> grow where there is enough soil to support their roots. Dwarf-shrubs and herbaceous species such as <i>Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, Juniperus communis</i>, and <i>Carex inops ssp. heliophila</i> can be found in soils pockets as well. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:31204-{8BF8D694-59BF-432E-87AB-0E7B19167F47}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 1
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 31-Jan-2000 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685684 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL002295
  Translated: Granite - Metamorphic Black Hills Rock Outcrop Sparse Vegetation
  Common: Black Hills Granite - Metamorphic Rock Outcrop
  Scientific: Granite - Metamorphic Black Hills Rock Outcrop Sparse Vegetation
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL002295
(similar) Granite - Metamorphic Black Hills Rock Outcrop Sparse Vegetation
(similar) Granite - Metamorphic Black Hills Rock Outcrop Sparse Vegetation