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Midwest Eroding Bluff Sparse Vegetation | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Midwest Eroding Bluff Sparse Vegetation
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This sparsely vegetated bluff community is found in restricted places throughout the midwestern United States and adjacent Canada. Sites are found in deeply cut ravines or valleys, especially adjacent to streams or rivers. Stands consist of vertical exposures of eroded unconsolidated material (glacial drift, loess), or weak rock (shale). Soils are absent or confined to the crests of the bluff. Moisture is variable. The vegetation is sparse. Species composition is quite variable, and there may be little floristic coherence to the type. Species include, in Indiana, <i>Danthonia spicata, Heuchera</i> spp., <i>Hydrangea arborescens, Solidago nemoralis</i>; in Illinois, <i>Danthonia spicata, Solidago nemoralis, Taenidia integerrima</i>; and in Missouri, <i>Adiantum pedatum, Arisaema triphyllum, Equisetum arvense, Equisetum hyemale</i>, and <i>Impatiens capensis</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:31224-{B47D74D9-A24F-4C15-B7A6-44A671A4B345}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 07-Dec-2017 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684760 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL002315
  Translated: Midwest Eroding Bluff Sparse Vegetation
  Common: Midwestern Eroding Bluff
  Scientific: Midwest Eroding Bluff Sparse Vegetation
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL002315
(similar) Small Eroding Bluffs Midwestern Sparse Vegetation
(similar) Small Eroding Bluffs Midwestern Sparse Vegetation