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Quercus montana / Juniperus virginiana / Vaccinium arboreum / Taenidia integerrima Kentucky Siltstone Woodland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Quercus montana / Juniperus virginiana / Vaccinium arboreum / Taenidia integerrima Kentucky Siltstone Woodland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: These siltstone barrens are found in the Knobs Region of Kentucky. All occurrences are located on outcrops of the Borden formation, composed of complexly interbedded strata of siltstone, limestone and shale which underlie much of this region. The canopy is dominated by <i>Quercus montana</i>, with <i>Quercus stellata</i> and <i>Quercus marilandica</i>, as well as <i>Carya glabra, Cercis canadensis, Diospyros virginiana, Juniperus virginiana</i>, and <i>Ostrya virginiana</i>. Typical shrubs include <i>Amelanchier arborea, Rhus aromatica, Rosa carolina</i>, and <i>Vaccinium arboreum</i> (which is very common). Other ericaceous shrub species are also present. Characteristic herbs and grasses include (but are not limited to) <i>Schizachyrium scoparium</i> with <i>Arabis laevigata, Danthonia spicata, Helianthus hirsutus, Helianthus divaricatus, Houstonia canadensis, Liatris aspera, Liatris squarrosa, Manfreda virginica, Silene caroliniana, Solidago nemoralis, Tephrosia virginiana</i>, and <i>Taenidia integerrima</i>. The vegetation is fairly similar in species composition and structure to that of the shale substrates, but the siltstone ridgetops are on average less acidic and less eroded than typical shale barrens in this area. The ground cover on the siltstone-dominated substrates is often very grassy and more diverse than that of shale woodlands/barrens, and the canopy cover more complete (ca. 50%). These siltstone woodlands and barrens tend to occur along narrow rocky ridgetops or on xeric south-facing steep upper slopes. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:35524-{B87F4EA7-3772-40CA-8830-7D687D24D26D}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 25-Mar-2014 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.907201 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL007259
  Translated: Chestnut Oak / Eastern red-cedar / Farkleberry / Yellow-pimpernel Kentucky Siltstone Woodland
  Common: Kentucky Knobs Siltstone Barrens
  Scientific: Quercus montana / Juniperus virginiana / Vaccinium arboreum / Taenidia integerrima Kentucky Siltstone Woodland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) Quercus prinus / Juniperus virginiana / Vaccinium arboreum / Taenidia integerrima Kentucky Siltstone Woodland