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Ozark Igneous Talus Sparse Vegetation | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Ozark Igneous Talus Sparse Vegetation
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This igneous talus type is found in the Missouri Ozarks of the United States. Stands occur on moderately steep to extremely steep slopes at the bases of bluffs, cliffs, and steep valleys or sideslopes of mountain domes, especially along shut-ins. Aspect is in all directions. Soils are absent and the slope is dry. The parent material is igneous, with a large mass of accumulated angular rock fragments and boulders forming large (4 ha or 10 acres) rocky areas. Disturbances include falling rock fragments from adjacent cliffs and slumping of rock material. The vegetation is sparse, consisting of herbaceous plants, vines, mosses and lichens. Characteristic vines include <i>Celastrus scandens, Lonicera flava, Rhus aromatica, Smilax bona-nox, Toxicodendron radicans</i>, and <i>Vitis aestivalis</i>. Other characteristic species include the forb <i>Polymnia canadensis</i>, the moss <i>Dicranum scoparium</i>, and the lichens include <i>Pleopsidium chlorophanum, Cladonia caroliniana, Cladonia strepsilis, Placidium lachneum, Punctelia hypoleucites</i>, and <i>Xanthoparmelia</i> spp. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:33966-{E97414D4-C30B-40B4-B779-FAF5A1EFDBF6}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 27-Mar-2000 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689330 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL005203
  Translated: Ozark Igneous Talus Sparse Vegetation
  Common: Ozark Igneous Talus
  Scientific: Ozark Igneous Talus Sparse Vegetation
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) Igneous Ozark Talus Sparse Vegetation
(similar) CEGL005203
(similar) Igneous Ozark Talus Sparse Vegetation