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Great Plains Alkaline Cliff Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Great Plains Alkaline Cliff Alliance Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This alliance consists of sparsely vegetated bluffs and cliffs of limestone or dolostone in the central and northern Great Plains. Species vary from site to site but may include the shrubs <i>Rhus trilobata</i> and <i>Rosa arkansana</i>, the forbs <i>Mentzelia decapetala, Eriogonum pauciflorum, Gutierrezia sarothrae</i>, and the grasses <i>Schizachyrium scoparium</i> and <i>Achnatherum hymenoides</i>. Soils are generally absent or poorly developed or limited to cracks and ledges.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:39190-{E707E26D-FDF3-4FDE-83C5-498F91CD8C7A} 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: Rhus trilobata / Bouteloua gracilis - Opuntia spp. Great Plains Cliff, Scree & Rock Vegetation Group This Community's Level: Alliance This Community's Children: Show/Hide   Limestone Butte Sparse Vegetation   Limestone - Dolostone Great Plains Xeric Cliff Sparse Vegetation		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.900031 NatureServe Explorer   Code: A3980   Translated: Great Plains Alkaline Cliff Alliance   Common: Great Plains Alkaline Cliff   Scientific: Great Plains Alkaline Cliff Alliance