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Trichophorum cespitosum - Osmunda cinnamomea - Carex barrattii - Carex buxbaumii Cliff Vegetation | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Trichophorum cespitosum - Osmunda cinnamomea - Carex barrattii - Carex buxbaumii Cliff Vegetation
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This community occurs in seasonally saturated to ponded areas at the base of sheer, north-facing granitic dome cliffs in South Carolina. The community is dominated by <i>Trichophorum cespitosum, Osmunda cinnamomea, Carex barrattii, Carex buxbaumii, Carex debilis, Calamagrostis coarctata, Coreopsis major, Dulichium arundinaceum, Krigia montana, Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis, Sanguisorba canadensis, Saxifraga michauxii</i>, and <i>Trautvetteria caroliniensis var. caroliniensis</i>. This community occurs at the base of 300-m high cliffs and consists of ponds up to 30 cm deep and seasonally saturated adjoining areas. It is maintained by seepage, rockfall, and especially the fall of ice slabs. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:35911-{75E98698-66C9-42B2-9FD0-891B9DF6DA59}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 06-Aug-1998 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688801 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL007723
  Translated: Tufted Bulrush - Cinnamon Fern - Barratt's Sedge - Buxbaum's Sedge Cliff Vegetation
  Common: Cliff Base Ice Pond Seep
  Scientific: Trichophorum cespitosum - Osmunda cinnamomea - Carex barrattii - Carex buxbaumii Cliff Vegetation
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL007723
(similar) Trichophorum caespitosum - Osmunda cinnamomea - Carex barrattii - Carex buxbaumii Herbaceous Vegetation
(similar) Trichophorum caespitosum - Osmunda cinnamomea - Carex barrattii - Carex buxbaumii Herbaceous Vegetation