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Rhododendron catawbiense - Rhododendron carolinianum - Kalmia latifolia Shrub Bald Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Rhododendron catawbiense - Rhododendron carolinianum - Kalmia latifolia Shrub Bald Alliance
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This alliance includes evergreen shrublands occurring in the southern Appalachian Mountains. These shrublands are dominated by evergreen ericaceous species, most often <i>Rhododendron catawbiense, Rhododendron carolinianum</i>, or <i>Kalmia latifolia</i>. Deciduous shrubs may be present and even locally dominant. Openings in the shrub stratum may contain sparse herbaceous cover, including <i>Deschampsia flexuosa, Galax urceolata, Gaultheria procumbens, Goodyera pubescens, Melampyrum lineare, Mitchella repens, Pteridium aquilinum, Selaginella tortipila</i>, and <i>Zigadenus leimanthoides</i>. Mosses and lichens are also typical in more open occurrences. This evergreen, sclerophyllous vegetation is of low stature (&lt;0.5 m) and occurs at the highest elevations in the southern Appalachian Mountains on steep, exposed slopes, ridges, thin soils and rock outcrops. It is typically found at elevations over 1770 m (5800 feet) in northwestern North Carolina and eastern Tennessee. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38096-{54C0C071-1C1B-4F65-85FA-5A33EB82F764}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Sep-2014 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.899015 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A0744
  Translated: Catawba Rosebay - Carolina Azalea - Mountain Laurel Shrub Bald Alliance
  Common: Catawba Rosebay - Carolina Azalea - Mountain Laurel Shrub Bald
  Scientific: Rhododendron catawbiense - Rhododendron carolinianum - Kalmia latifolia Shrub Bald Alliance