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Tepuyan Cliff, Scree & Rock Vegetation Macrogroup | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Tepuyan Cliff, Scree & Rock Vegetation Macrogroup Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: Communities formed by a short, sparse shrub stratum scattered over a lower layer of grasses, and rosulate and tubiform forbs. They grow on rocky substrates derived from quartzite, on hillsides of the Guianan Plateau tepuis in Venezuela, between 300-800 (1000) m asl. They also occur at lower altitudes on disjunct Guiana Shield formations scattered in the Colombian Amazon. Diagnostic species include <i>Trachypogon plumosus, Axonopus canescens, Paspalum lanciflorum, Bulbostylis lanata, Vellozia tubiflora, Navia hohenbergioides, Caraipa llanorum, Byrsonima amoena, Mezia huberi, Dioclea guianensis, Arrabidaea nigrescens, Vellozia phantasmagoria, Decagonocarpus cornutus, Gongylolepis martiana, Lagenocarpus pendulus, Aechmea chantinii, Clusia chiribiquetensis, Graffenrieda fantastica, Navia garcia-barrigae</i>, and <i>Ilex divaricata</i>.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:41078-{4EF9262F-D5F0-4823-8FA2-89EA8B259430} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 17-Apr-2014 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Guianan Montane Cliff, Scree & Rock Vegetation Division This Community's Level: Macrogroup This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.886541 NatureServe Explorer   Code: M851   Scientific: Tepuyan Cliff, Scree & Rock Vegetation Macrogroup