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Southern Appalachian Mafic Shrubland Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Southern Appalachian Mafic Shrubland Alliance Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This shrub-dominated vegetation occurs on mafic rock outcrops or thin soil areas. Common shrubs include <i>Diervilla lonicera, Gaylussacia baccata, Kalmia latifolia, Philadelphus hirsutus, Aronia melanocarpa, Physocarpus opulifolius</i>, and <i>Ptelea trifoliata var. mollis</i>. Areas of bare rock outcrops and grassy areas with <i>Schizachyrium scoparium, Carex pensylvanica</i>, or <i>Deschampsia flexuosa</i> are scattered. These are found on montane slopes in the Appalachians, from the Blue Ridge of Virginia to Kennesaw Mountain in Georgia, and may also occur in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38755-{6D8991C0-01EC-4EAA-94E5-254CC36E9FD1} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 26-Sep-2014 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Schizachyrium scoparium - Packera paupercula - Packera plattensis Appalachian Mafic Glade Group This Community's Level: Alliance This Community's Children: Show/Hide   Aronia melanocarpa - Gaylussacia baccata / Carex pensylvanica Shrubland   Diervilla lonicera - Solidago simplex var. randii - Deschampsia flexuosa - Hylotelephium telephioides - Saxifraga michauxii Grassland   (Kalmia latifolia, Physocarpus opulifolius) / Schizachyrium scoparium - Thalictrum revolutum - Sibbaldiopsis tridentata Shrub Grassland   Philadelphus hirsutus - Ptelea trifoliata var. mollis / Schizachyrium scoparium - Pycnanthemum curvipes / Thuidium delicatulum Shrubland		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.899593 NatureServe Explorer   Code: A3470   Translated: Southern Appalachian Mafic Shrubland Alliance   Common: Southern Appalachian Mafic Shrubland   Scientific: Southern Appalachian Mafic Shrubland Alliance