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Saxifraga michauxii - Carex misera - Oclemena acuminata - Solidago glomerata Grassland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Saxifraga michauxii - Carex misera - Oclemena acuminata - Solidago glomerata Grassland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This association covers high-elevation (greater than 1980 m) vegetated rock outcrops of highly fractured felsic to mafic bedrock of the southern Appalachian Mountains in North Carolina and Tennessee. The vegetative cover is sparse with grasses, forbs and shrubs rooted in rock fissures. Typical species in stands of this type are <i>Carex misera, Abies fraseri, Menziesia pilosa, Heuchera villosa, Rhododendron catawbiense, Saxifraga michauxii, Sorbus americana, Oclemena acuminata</i>, and <i>Solidago glomerata</i>. This community occurs in a matrix of <i>Picea rubens - Abies fraseri</i> forest. Other characteristic species are <i>Minuartia glabra</i> and <i>Polypodium appalachianum</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:33110-{329EE9BB-4D8F-41A3-88E0-FAAA9084E305}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 29
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 01-Jan-1995 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684112 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL004277
  Translated: Michaux's Saxifrage - Wretched Sedge - Whorled Wood Aster - Clustered Goldenrod Grassland
  Common: Southern Appalachian High-Elevation Rocky Summit (High Peak Type)
  Scientific: Saxifraga michauxii - Carex misera - Oclemena acuminata - Solidago glomerata Grassland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL004277
(similar) Saxifraga michauxii - Carex misera - Oclemena acuminata - Solidago glomerata Herbaceous Vegetation
(similar) Saxifraga michauxii - Carex misera - Oclemena acuminata - Solidago glomerata Herbaceous Vegetation