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Aquilegia micrantha Hanging Garden Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Aquilegia micrantha Hanging Garden Alliance
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This alliance consists of forb-dominated, spring-fed wetlands dominated by a number of species such as <i>Mimulus eastwoodiae, Asplenium adiantum-nigrum</i>, and <i>Aquilegia micrantha</i>, which specialize in clinging to near-vertical rock surfaces at the crevice where groundwater emerges. Other species, such as <i>Calamagrostis scopulorum, Cirsium calcareum</i>, and <i>Platanthera zothecina</i>, are found mostly growing in the saturated sandy debris on the floor of the alcove and on the slope below. Hanging gardens are unique herbaceous wetland communities associated with groundwater springs emerging from sandstone cliffs in the Colorado Plateau. These springs, if they persist over long periods of time, will gradually erode shallow caves into the cliff face that shelter a diverse herbaceous community. Hanging gardens are distinct from riparian and slickrock pothole wetlands in that woody species are generally restricted to the margins of the community. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38345-{9102DFAC-B48E-4239-9364-45DB08C41BC2}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 18-Dec-2014 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.899193 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A2506
  Translated: Mancos Columbine Hanging Garden Alliance
  Common: Colorado Plateau Seep Hanging Garden
  Scientific: Aquilegia micrantha Hanging Garden Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) A.2506
(similar) Aquilegia micrantha Saturated Hanging Garden Herbaceous Alliance