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CEGL002295 Granite - Metamorphic Black Hills Rock Outcrop Sparse Vegetation
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Granite - Metamorphic Black Hills Rock Outcrop Sparse Vegetation
Colloquial Name: Black Hills Granite - Metamorphic Rock Outcrop
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This granitic - metamorphic rock outcrop community is found in the Black Hills of the United States and may be related to rock outcrop types in the Rocky Mountains. Included are igneous and metamorphic rock types (e.g., granites, slates, phonolite porphyry). This community is found where granite or schist bedrock is exposed in the higher elevations of the Black Hills. Slopes range from none (flat) to steep. There is little soil development; what soil there is can be found in cracks and depressions in the rock surface. Few vascular plants grow in this community, although lichens are common. Widely scattered Pinus ponderosa grow where there is enough soil to support their roots. Dwarf-shrubs and herbaceous species such as Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, Juniperus communis, and Carex inops ssp. heliophila can be found in soils pockets as well.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: Type includes igneous and metamorphic rock types (e.g., granites, slates, phonolite porphyry).
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: Few vascular plants grow in this community, although lichens are common. Widely scattered Pinus ponderosa grow where there is enough soil to support their roots. Dwarf-shrubs and herbaceous species such as Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, Juniperus communis, and Carex inops ssp. heliophila can be found in soil pockets as well.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This community is found where granite or schist bedrock is exposed in the higher elevations of the Black Hills. Slopes range from none (flat) to steep. There is little soil development; what soil there is can be found in cracks and depressions in the rock surface.
Geographic Range: This granitic/metamorphic rock outcrop community is found in the Black Hills of the United States and may be related to rock outcrop types in the Rocky Mountains.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: SD
Plot Analysis Summary:
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Confidence Level: Low
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G4
Greasons: No Data Available
| Type | Name | Database Code | Classification Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class | 6 Open Rock Vegetation Class | C06 | 6 |
| Subclass | 6.B Temperate & Boreal Open Rock Vegetation Subclass | S04 | 6.B |
| Formation | 6.B.1 Temperate & Boreal Cliff, Scree & Other Rock Vegetation Formation | F034 | 6.B.1 |
| Division | 6.B.1.Nb Western North American Temperate Cliff, Scree & Rock Vegetation Division | D052 | 6.B.1.Nb |
| Macrogroup | 6.B.1.Nb.1 Douglas-fir - Ponderosa Pine / Moss Western North American Cliff, Scree & Rock Vegetation Macrogroup | M887 | 6.B.1.Nb.1 |
| Group | 6.B.1.Nb.1.b Nonvascular Rocky Mountain Cliff, Scree & Rock Vegetation Group | G565 | 6.B.1.Nb.1.b |
| Alliance | A3742 Black Hills Cliff, Scree & Rock Alliance | A3742 | 6.B.1.Nb.1.b |
| Association | CEGL002295 Granite - Metamorphic Black Hills Rock Outcrop Sparse Vegetation | CEGL002295 | 6.B.1.Nb.1.b |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Black Hills Granite / Metamorphic Rock Outcrop (Marriott et al. 1999)
= Black Hills Rock Outcrop Sparse Vegetation (TNC 1997c)
= Granite - Metamorphic Black Hills Rock Outcrop Sparse Vegetation (Faber-Langendoen 2001)
? Phonolite Porphyry Sparse Vegetation (TNC 1998f)
< Rock (Salas and Pucherelli 1998a)
= Black Hills Rock Outcrop Sparse Vegetation (TNC 1997c)
= Granite - Metamorphic Black Hills Rock Outcrop Sparse Vegetation (Faber-Langendoen 2001)
? Phonolite Porphyry Sparse Vegetation (TNC 1998f)
< Rock (Salas and Pucherelli 1998a)
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