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CEGL004269 Aquilegia canadensis - Asplenium x heteroresiliens Grassland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Red Columbine - Carolina Spleenwort Grassland
Colloquial Name: Atlantic Coastal Plain Marl Outcrop
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This Atlantic Coastal Plain community consists of limestone outcrops 1-3 m high, occurring on lower slopes adjoining bottomlands, mostly to entirely shaded by trees rooted in deeper soils of adjoining forests, but with highly distinctive floristic composition. Shrubs and woody vines, such as Decumaria barbara, Acer floridanum, and the alien Lonicera japonica, are sometimes rooted in solution pockets in the top and sides of the outcrops and can be locally abundant. Herbaceous species include Aquilegia canadensis, Asplenium x heteroresiliens, Asplenium platyneuron, Cystopteris tennesseensis, Arabis lyrata, Oxalis sp., Arenaria lanuginosa var. lanuginosa, and Carex basiantha. Bryophytes are locally abundant, and include Anomodon attenuatus, Conocephalum conicum, and Marchantia sp. The lowermost portions of the outcrops are very rarely flooded by extreme flood events.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: No Data Available
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
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Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: Shrubs and woody vines, such as Decumaria barbara, Acer floridanum (= Acer barbatum), and the invasive alien Lonicera japonica, are sometimes rooted in solution pockets in the top and sides of the outcrops and can be locally abundant. Herbaceous species include Aquilegia canadensis, Asplenium x heteroresiliens, Asplenium platyneuron, Cystopteris tennesseensis, Arabis lyrata, Oxalis sp., Arenaria lanuginosa var. lanuginosa, and Carex basiantha. Bryophytes are locally abundant, and include Anomodon attenuatus, Conocephalum conicum, and Marchantia sp.
Dynamics: The lowermost portions of the outcrops are very rarely flooded by extreme flood events.
Environmental Description: This Atlantic Coastal Plain community consists of limestone outcrops 1-3 m high, occurring on lower slopes adjoining bottomlands, mostly to entirely shaded by trees rooted in deeper soils of adjoining forests, but with highly distinctive floristic composition.
Geographic Range: This community occurs in North and South Carolina and may extend as far south as Florida.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: FL?, GA?, NC, SC
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683695
Confidence Level: Low
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G1?
Greasons: No Data Available
| Type | Name | Database Code | Classification Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class | 2 Shrub & Herb Vegetation Class | C02 | 2 |
| Subclass | 2.B Temperate & Boreal Grassland & Shrubland Subclass | S18 | 2.B |
| Formation | 2.B.2 Temperate Grassland & Shrubland Formation | F012 | 2.B.2 |
| Division | 2.B.2.Nh Southeastern North American Grassland & Shrubland Division | D102 | 2.B.2.Nh |
| Macrogroup | 2.B.2.Nh.3 Poverty Dropseed - Little Bluestem - Calamint species Southern Barrens & Glade Macrogroup | M308 | 2.B.2.Nh.3 |
| Group | 2.B.2.Nh.3.a Little Bluestem - Limestone Calamint - Nuttall''s Rayless-goldenrod Southeastern Coastal Plain Barrens & Glade Group | G584 | 2.B.2.Nh.3.a |
| Alliance | A4090 Southern Coastal Plain Circumneutral Bedrock Grassland Alliance | A4090 | 2.B.2.Nh.3.a |
| Association | CEGL004269 Red Columbine - Carolina Spleenwort Grassland | CEGL004269 | 2.B.2.Nh.3.a |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Coastal Plain Marl Outcrop (Schafale and Weakley 1990)
- GNHP [Georgia Natural Heritage Program]. 2018. Unpublished data. Georgia Natural Heritage Program, Wildlife Resources Division, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Social Circle.
- Nelson, J. B. 1986. The natural communities of South Carolina: Initial classification and description. South Carolina Wildlife and Marine Resources Department, Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries, Columbia, SC. 55 pp.
- Schafale, M. P. 2012. Classification of the natural communities of North Carolina, 4th Approximation. North Carolina Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Recreation, Natural Heritage Program, Raleigh.
- Schafale, M. P., and A. S. Weakley. 1990. Classification of the natural communities of North Carolina. Third approximation. North Carolina Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Recreation, Natural Heritage Program, Raleigh. 325 pp.
- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.