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Fraxinus americana - Juniperus virginiana / Opuntia humifusa - Phemeranthus (teretifolius, piedmontanus) Outcrop Barrens | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Fraxinus americana - Juniperus virginiana / Opuntia humifusa - Phemeranthus (teretifolius, piedmontanus) Outcrop Barrens
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This community is known only from scattered mafic outcrops in the northern Virginia Piedmont. It occupies exposed, xeric bedrock exposures and has a mixed physiognomy best characterized as herbaceous with scattered, stunted trees. <i>Fraxinus americana</i> and <i>Juniperus virginiana</i> are the most typical woody plants. Dominant and diagnostic lower-strata species include <i>Opuntia humifusa, Phemeranthus teretifolius, Polygonum tenue, Krigia virginica, Carex pensylvanica</i>, and <i>Danthonia spicata</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:34941-{B4D0E410-58B7-474B-BB5E-3715B9F8D0DD}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 14
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 25-Jan-2005 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689765 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL006294
  Translated: White Ash - Eastern Red-cedar / Eastern Prickly-pear - (Quill Fameflower, Piedmont Fameflower) Outcrop Barrens
  Common: Piedmont Mafic Barrens
  Scientific: Fraxinus americana - Juniperus virginiana / Opuntia humifusa - Phemeranthus (teretifolius, piedmontanus) Outcrop Barrens
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL006294
(similar) Fraxinus americana - Juniperus virginiana / Talinum teretifolium - Polygonum tenue - Opuntia humifusa Wooded Herbaceous Vegetation
(similar) Juniperus virginiana / Trifolium virginicum - Talinum teretifolium - Opuntia humifusa Woodland