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Asplenium montanum - Heuchera villosa Felsic Cliff Vegetation | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Asplenium montanum - Heuchera villosa Felsic Cliff Vegetation
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This community occurs in the Blue Ridge and upper Piedmont of Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. It includes vertical rock faces associated with felsic, metamorphic and igneous geologies. This community generally has little vegetative cover, often with 90% of the rock surface unvegetated. Mosses (e.g., <i>Thuidium</i> spp., <i>Fissidens</i> spp., <i>Campylium</i> sp., <i>Bryoandersonia</i> sp., <i>Plagiomnium</i> sp.) and lichens can have moderate coverage, and vascular plants occur on ledges and rooted in cracks. <i>Asplenium montanum</i> and <i>Heuchera villosa</i> are characteristic components. Other typical species include <i>Agrostis perennans, Arisaema triphyllum, Aristolochia macrophylla, Asplenium trichomanes, Eurybia divaricata, Cystopteris protrusa, Dryopteris marginalis, Hydrangea arborescens, Parthenocissus quinquefolia, Polypodium appalachianum</i>, and <i>Rubus canadensis</i>. These cliffs are typically dry, although small seepages may occur. They are usually shaded by trees rooted on ledges and by the surrounding forest. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:33748-{C73D29A3-7379-472E-80A2-48984D70B5E3}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 27
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 11-Feb-1999 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683486 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL004980
  Translated: Mountain Spleenwort - Hairy Alumroot Felsic Cliff Vegetation
  Common: Appalachian Felsic Cliff
  Scientific: Asplenium montanum - Heuchera villosa Felsic Cliff Vegetation
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL004980
(similar) Asplenium montanum - Heuchera villosa Felsic Cliff Sparse Vegetation
(similar) Asplenium montanum - Heuchera villosa Felsic Cliff Sparse Vegetation