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Saxifraga michauxii - Carex misera - Danthonia spicata - Krigia montana Grassland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Saxifraga michauxii - Carex misera - Danthonia spicata - Krigia montana Grassland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This association consists of rock outcrops with sparse vegetative cover of forbs, grasses and shrubs which are rooted in rock fissures. This vegetation occurs in the Southern Appalachians of Tennessee and North Carolina at 1350-1870 m elevation within a matrix of <i>Quercus rubra</i> forest or high-elevation grasslands and shrublands. Typical species include <i>Saxifraga michauxii, Danthonia spicata, Krigia montana, Carex misera, Angelica triquinata, Athyrium filix-femina ssp. asplenioides, Rhododendron catawbiense</i>, and <i>Heuchera villosa</i>. Other characteristic species are <i>Sanguisorba canadensis, Sibbaldiopsis tridentata, Hylotelephium telephioides, Houstonia purpurea var. montana, Geum radiatum, Solidago spithamaea</i>, and <i>Huperzia appalachiana</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:33112-{9B03E615-6E54-4FA6-8EBE-40C070CFA253}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 46
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 01-Jan-1995 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685604 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL004279
  Translated: Michaux's Saxifrage - Wretched Sedge - Poverty Oatgrass - Mountain Dwarf-dandelion Grassland
  Common: Southern Appalachian High-Elevation Rocky Summit (Typic Type)
  Scientific: Saxifraga michauxii - Carex misera - Danthonia spicata - Krigia montana Grassland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL004279
(similar) Saxifraga michauxii - Carex misera - Danthonia spicata - Krigia montana Herbaceous Vegetation
(similar) Saxifraga michauxii - Carex misera - Danthonia spicata - Krigia montana Herbaceous Vegetation