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Quartzite - Granite Rock Outcrop Sparse Vegetation | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Quartzite - Granite Rock Outcrop Sparse Vegetation
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This quartzite - granite rock outcrop community type is found on rocky, relatively level or hilly regions in the northern tallgrass region of the upper midwestern United States. The vegetation is sparse, with little soil development, and extreme temperature fluctuations. The outcrops are composed primarily of Sioux quartzite, granite and gneiss. This community, in Minnesota and South Dakota contains a sparse vegetation layer, with scattered succulents and many annuals. Vegetation growing in the patchy soils include <i>Opuntia fragilis, Opuntia macrorhiza, Escobaria vivipara</i>, and <i>Lomatium orientale</i>, as well as <i>Selaginella rupestris, Phemeranthus parviflorus, Woodsia ilvensis</i>, and a variety of spring and summer blooming annuals. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:31207-{54795B74-C382-4457-8C43-83EFD7381AF4}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 31-Jan-2000 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686455 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL002298
  Translated: Quartzite - Granite Rock Outcrop Sparse Vegetation
  Common: Northern Tallgrass Quartzite - Granite Rock Outcrop
  Scientific: Quartzite - Granite Rock Outcrop Sparse Vegetation
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL002298
(similar) Quartzite - Granite Rock Outcrop Sparse Vegetation
(similar) Quartzite - Granite Rock Outcrop Sparse Vegetation