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Aronia melanocarpa - Gaylussacia baccata / Carex pensylvanica Shrubland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Aronia melanocarpa - Gaylussacia baccata / Carex pensylvanica Shrubland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This community type is known from scattered localities along nearly the full length of the Blue Ridge in Virginia and could potentially occur in North Carolina, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. This vegetation type is associated with medium- to high-elevation exposed outcrops of igneous and metamorphic rocks, including metabasalt (greenstone), porphyritic leucocharnockite, amphibolite, and rhyolite. Elevation ranges from about 880 to 1400 m (2900-4600 feet). Habitats are typically on strongly convex, upper slopes and rocky summits with west to northwest or flat aspects. The community is a patchwork of shrub thickets, small herbaceous mats, and exposed, lichen-covered rock surfaces. <i>Aronia melanocarpa</i> is the dominant shrub, or is codominant with <i>Gaylussacia baccata, Hamamelis virginiana, Smilax tamnoides</i>, and/or <i>Kalmia latifolia</i>. Minor woody components include <i>Sorbus americana, Rhododendron catawbiense</i>, and <i>Menziesia pilosa</i>, as well as severely stunted <i>Betula alleghaniensis</i> and <i>Quercus rubra</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:36569-{E98F0993-1428-4F8C-8435-845F1171374B}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 17
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 01-Feb-2008 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689065 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL008508
  Translated: Black Chokeberry - Black Huckleberry / Pennsylvania Sedge Shrubland
  Common: High-Elevation Outcrop Barrens (Black Chokeberry Igneous / Metamorphic Type)
  Scientific: Aronia melanocarpa - Gaylussacia baccata / Carex pensylvanica Shrubland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL008508
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