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Pellaea atropurpurea - Cystopteris bulbifera Appalachian Circumneutral Cliff Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Pellaea atropurpurea - Cystopteris bulbifera Appalachian Circumneutral Cliff Alliance Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This alliance includes vegetation of dry to rather moist igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rock outcrops and cliffs of essentially neutral base status. Vascular plants are generally confined to crevices. Stands are usually shaded by trees rooted in adjacent forested communities, generally with very little vascular vegetation and little nonvascular vegetation. Characteristic species include <i>Aquilegia canadensis, Aralia racemosa, Asplenium</i> spp., <i>Cystopteris fragilis, Pellaea</i> spp., <i>Rubus odoratus</i>, and <i>Solidago canadensis</i>. Examples may have low cover of vascular plants. The moister microhabitats of crevices may have mosses such as <i>Anomodon rostratus</i> and <i>Anomodon attenuatus</i>. Examples are found primarily in the Ridge and Valley, Blue Ridge, Cumberland Plateau, Central Appalachians, and Allegheny Plateau, extending into the northern Piedmont of New Jersey and New York. This vegetation occurs primarily on limestone and dolomite, but there are some examples on apparently nutrient-rich sandstones.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38327-{122F951A-B636-4D7B-B149-C463CF6D6030} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 18-Dec-2014 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Appalachian Cliff & Rock Vegetation Group This Community's Level: Alliance This Community's Children: Show/Hide   Asplenium ruta-muraria - Pellaea atropurpurea Cliff Sparse Vegetation   Cystopteris bulbifera - (Asplenium rhizophyllum) Cliff Sparse Vegetation   Cystopteris bulbifera / Dumortiera hirsuta Sinkhole Wall Cliff Sparse Vegetation   Shale Cliff Sparse Vegetation		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.878639 NatureServe Explorer   Code: A2076   Translated: Purple Cliffbrake - Bulblet Bladderfern Appalachian Circumneutral Cliff Alliance   Common: Central Appalachian Circumneutral Fern Cliff   Scientific: Pellaea atropurpurea - Cystopteris bulbifera Appalachian Circumneutral Cliff Alliance