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(Hydrangea arborescens) / Heuchera villosa - Asplenium trichomanes - Thalictrum clavatum / Conocephalum salebrosum Cliff Shrubland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: (Hydrangea arborescens) / Heuchera villosa - Asplenium trichomanes - Thalictrum clavatum / Conocephalum salebrosum Cliff Shrubland Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This type occurs on moist, shaded, north-facing cliffs of thin-bedded sedimentary rocks (siltstones and shales) in the Ridge and Valley and the adjacent western portion of the Blue Ridge in southwestern Virginia and Tennessee. It has sparse to moderately dense cover of vascular plants and also has substantial cover of nonvascular plants. Vascular plants root in the horizontal crevices. Most abundant vascular species in the Tennessee occurrences are <i>Heuchera villosa var. villosa, Asplenium trichomanes ssp. trichomanes</i>, and <i>Thalictrum clavatum</i>. Other vascular species present include <i>Hydrangea arborescens, Rhododendron maximum, Laportea canadensis, Trautvetteria caroliniensis var. caroliniensis, Dryopteris intermedia, Dryopteris marginalis, Polypodium appalachianum, Asplenium montanum</i>, and (rarely) <i>Phegopteris connectilis</i> and <i>Saxifraga caroliniana</i>. <i>Conocephalum conicum</i> is a common and conspicuous nonvascular plant.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:36501-{EFD10061-DC6E-4C30-B332-7A8F5DEC4E57} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 4
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 02-Jan-2013 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Hydrangea arborescens / Heuchera villosa Appalachian Circumneutral Cliff Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686196 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL008435   Translated: (Wild Hydrangea) / Hairy Alumroot - Maidenhair Spleenwort - Mountain Meadowrue / Snakeskin Liverwort Cliff Shrubland   Common: Southern Appalachian Moist Siltstone Cliff   Scientific: (Hydrangea arborescens) / Heuchera villosa - Asplenium trichomanes - Thalictrum clavatum / Conocephalum salebrosum Cliff Shrubland (convergence) and Synonyms: (similar) (Hydrangea arborescens) / Heuchera villosa - Asplenium trichomanes - Thalictrum clavatum / Conocephalum salebrosum Shrubland (similar) Heuchera villosa - Asplenium trichomanes - Thalictrum clavatum / Conocephalum conicum Herbaceous Vegetation (similar) CEGL008435