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CEGL004946 Bigelowia nuttallii - Schizachyrium scoparium - Eurybia hemispherica Florida Sandstone Grassland

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available

Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Nuttall''s Rayless-goldenrod - Little Bluestem - Southern Prairie Aster Florida Sandstone Grassland

Colloquial Name: Florida Sandstone Glade

Hierarchy Level:  Association

Type Concept: Sandstone glades of Panhandle Florida, dominated by Bigelowia nuttallii. Other characteristic species include Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium and Eurybia hemispherica.

Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available

Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available

Classification Comments: Examples at TNC Rock Hill Preserve (Washington County, Florida).

Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available

Floristics: No Data Available

Dynamics:  No Data Available
Environmental Description:  No Data Available
Geographic Range: This community is found in Panhandle Florida.

Nations: US

States/Provinces:  FL


Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented

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 A4091 Southern Coastal Plain Acidic Bedrock Scrub & Grassland Alliance A4091 2.B.2.Nh.3.a
Association CEGL004946 Nuttall''s Rayless-goldenrod - Little Bluestem - Southern Prairie Aster Florida Sandstone Grassland CEGL004946 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: No Data Available
Concept Author(s): East Gulf Coastal Plain Planning Team

Author of Description: East Gulf Coastal Plain Planning Team

Acknowledgements: No Data Available

Version Date: 11-01-97
  • Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.