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Selaginella rupestris - Selaginella tortipila - Schizachyrium scoparium Rocky Grassland Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Selaginella rupestris - Selaginella tortipila - Schizachyrium scoparium Rocky Grassland Alliance
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This vegetation is found on granitic exfoliation domes of the Piedmont and at lower, intermediate, and high elevations in the Southern Blue Ridge of the Carolinas and Georgia. It occurs on gently sloping to steep exposures of smooth, exfoliating granite or similar massive igneous or metamorphic rock, such as granitic gneiss. The sites are typically exposed and south-facing, with smooth, primarily steep to vertical exfoliation surfaces and few cracks or crevices for soil accumulation. Some flat areas may also be present. This community occurs in large patches, ranging in size from a few acres to over 100 acres. Vegetation consists primarily of lichens on bare rock or of shallow mats generally dominated by <i>Selaginella rupestris</i> occurring with other distinctive species. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:39171-{739B41FF-2FF4-4B3E-95B0-C83EACBE43C1}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Sep-2014 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.900012 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A3961
  Translated: Rock Spikemoss - Twisted-hair Spikemoss - Little Bluestem Rocky Grassland Alliance
  Common: Spikemoss - Little Bluestem Rocky Grassland
  Scientific: Selaginella rupestris - Selaginella tortipila - Schizachyrium scoparium Rocky Grassland Alliance