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Great Lakes Sandstone Cliff Sparse Vegetation | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Great Lakes Sandstone Cliff Sparse Vegetation
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This sandstone cliff community is found in the northern Great Lakes shorelines of the United States and Canada. The substrate is Precambrian sandstone, which in Michigan is exposed along the southern shoreline of Lake Superior. Cliffs rise up over 50 m in places. Species composition varies somewhat, depending on sandstone type, but sandstone cliffs are very low in botanical diversity for a variety of reasons, including lack of soil for rooting, droughtiness on much of the rock surface, exposure to waves and ice, and in some places, unstable surface prone to wave erosion. Some portions of the cliff are moist from small streams or seepages. Jacobsville sandstone has cliff faces that are largely unvegetated, with mosses, lichens, and herbs concentrated in seeps and streams. Two common herbs are <i>Sagina procumbens</i> and <i>Stellaria calycantha</i>. <i>Pinguicula vulgaris</i> also grows on moist cliffs. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:31411-{F225D71A-A22A-44E4-BEE9-410EB9BFA86B}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 30-Oct-1998 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688099 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL002503
  Translated: Great Lakes Sandstone Cliff Sparse Vegetation
  Common: Great Lakes Sandstone Cliff
  Scientific: Great Lakes Sandstone Cliff Sparse Vegetation
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL002503
(similar) Sandstone Great Lakes Shore Cliff Sparse Vegetation
(similar) Sandstone Great Lakes Shore Cliff Sparse Vegetation