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(Quercus stellata) / Schizachyrium scoparium - Packera plattensis - Parthenium auriculatum - Phemeranthus piedmontanus Wooded Grassland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: (Quercus stellata) / Schizachyrium scoparium - Packera plattensis - Parthenium auriculatum - Phemeranthus piedmontanus Wooded Grassland Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This is a natural grassland vegetation type reported from Virginia's southwestern Piedmont (Franklin County). This community occurs on thin Alfisols or Mollisols developed over serpentinite, dunite, or a similar ultramafic rock. Soils at the Virginia site are described as extremely friable, reddish brown, drought-prone, with a pH of 7 and a calcium:magnesium ratio of 0.22, comparable to serpentine soils. The community occurs at moderate elevations on gentle to steep slopes with a western or southwestern aspect. It occurs as herbaceous grassland openings with scattered, stunted trees, most typically <i>Quercus stellata, Quercus marilandica, Pinus virginiana</i>, and <i>Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana</i>. Shrubs are very sparse to absent. The vegetation has a dense grassy layer dominated by <i>Schizachyrium scoparium, Sporobolus heterolepis</i>, and <i>Packera plattensis</i>.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:34733-{3EEE0C13-BA21-41AD-8C82-0000D93E033D} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 1
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 15-Aug-2012 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Fraxinus americana - Quercus stellata / Carex pensylvanica Appalachian Mafic-Circumneutral Scrub Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683371 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL006084   Translated: (Post Oak) / Little Bluestem - Prairie Groundsel - Glade Wild Quinine - Piedmont Fameflower Wooded Grassland   Common: Ultramafic Outcrop Barrens   Scientific: (Quercus stellata) / Schizachyrium scoparium - Packera plattensis - Parthenium auriculatum - Phemeranthus piedmontanus Wooded Grassland (convergence) and Synonyms: (similar) (Quercus stellata) / Schizachyrium scoparium - Packera plattensis - Parthenium auriculatum - Phemeranthus piedmontanus Wooded Herbaceous Vegetation (similar) Pinus rigida / Schizachyrium scoparium - Packera plattensis Wooded Herbaceous Vegetation (similar) CEGL006084