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Saxifraga michauxii - Carex misera - Schizachyrium scoparium Rocky Grassland Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Saxifraga michauxii - Carex misera - Schizachyrium scoparium Rocky Grassland Alliance
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This alliance consists of moderate- to high-elevation rocky summit communities of the Southern and Central Blue Ridge (metamorphic rock portions of the Southern and Central Appalachians), as well as in the adjacent southern Piedmont. The vegetation will typically have <i>Saxifraga michauxii</i> as a component; other species may include <i>Carex</i> spp., <i>Saxifraga micranthidifolia, Saxifraga virginiensis, Schizachyrium scoparium</i>, and others. There are several globally rare communities contained in this alliance. One association placed here is dominated by <i>Carex biltmoreana, Krigia montana, Pycnanthemum beadlei</i>, and <i>Saxifraga michauxii</i>. Examples are found on various rock types, including amphibolite, metabasalt (greenstone), gneiss, and others. It is found on steeply sloping outcrops of felsic to mafic rock, primarily south of the Asheville Basin, North Carolina. These are small exfoliated (spalled) outcrops surrounded by forests or woodlands. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38257-{056168B1-7443-4BD5-A3C3-88B6054F8C51}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Sep-2014 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.899157 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A1621
  Translated: Michaux's Saxifrage - Wretched Sedge - Little Bluestem Rocky Grassland Alliance
  Common: Appalachian Michaux's Saxifrage - Wretched Sedge - Little Bluestem Rocky Grassland
  Scientific: Saxifraga michauxii - Carex misera - Schizachyrium scoparium Rocky Grassland Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) A.1621
(similar) Saxifraga michauxii Herbaceous Alliance