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CEGL006436 Shale Cliff Sparse Vegetation
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Shale Cliff Sparse Vegetation
Colloquial Name: Shale Cliff
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This shale cliff vegetation occurs in southeastern New York and may occur elsewhere. The description provided here is based on data from one record in the New York Natural Heritage database and is considered provisional until reviewed by a broader audience. The vegetation is sparse, with areas influenced by seepage. Characteristic species include Alnus incana, Shepherdia canadensis, Toxicodendron radicans, Equisetum arvense, Potentilla simplex, Fragaria virginiana, Poa compressa, Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare, Carex granularis, Carex aurea, Juncus tenuis, and Erigeron philadelphicus. Seepage areas also include the following species: Cornus sericea, Cardamine pensylvanica, Carex scabrata, Carex granularis, Parnassia glauca, Cystopteris bulbifera, Glyceria striata, Thalictrum pubescens, Lobelia siphilitica, Spiranthes lucida, Chelone glabra, Eupatorium perfoliatum, Eupatorium maculatum, Packera aurea, and Lycopus americanus.
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
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: The vegetation is sparse, with areas influenced by seepage. Characteristic species include Alnus incana, Shepherdia canadensis, Toxicodendron radicans, Equisetum arvense, Potentilla simplex, Fragaria virginiana, Poa compressa, Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare (= Cerastium fontanum ssp. triviale), Carex granularis, Carex aurea, Juncus tenuis, and Erigeron philadelphicus. Seepage areas also include the following species: Cornus sericea, Cardamine pensylvanica, Carex scabrata, Carex granularis, Parnassia glauca, Cystopteris bulbifera, Glyceria striata, Thalictrum pubescens, Lobelia siphilitica, Spiranthes lucida, Chelone glabra, Eupatorium perfoliatum, Eupatorium maculatum, Packera aurea (= Senecio aureus), and Lycopus americanus.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: No Data Available
Geographic Range: This shale cliff vegetation occurs in southeastern New York and may occur elsewhere.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: NJ?, NY
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686487
Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: GNR
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.Na Eastern North American Temperate Cliff, Scree & Rock Vegetation Division | D051 | 6.B.1.Na |
| Macrogroup | 6.B.1.Na.1 Shrubby Fivefingers - Rock Polypody / Cup Lichen species Eastern North American Cliff & Rock Vegetation Macrogroup | M111 | 6.B.1.Na.1 |
| Group | 6.B.1.Na.1.c Appalachian Cliff & Rock Vegetation Group | G840 | 6.B.1.Na.1.c |
| Alliance | A2076 Purple Cliffbrake - Bulblet Bladderfern Appalachian Circumneutral Cliff Alliance | A2076 | 6.B.1.Na.1.c |
| Association | CEGL006436 Shale Cliff Sparse Vegetation | CEGL006436 | 6.B.1.Na.1.c |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Shale Cliff and Talus Community (Hunt et al. 2002)
- Eastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boston, MA.
- Edinger, G. J., D. J. Evans, S. Gebauer, T. G. Howard, D. M. Hunt, and A. M. Olivero, editors. 2014a. Ecological communities of New York state. Second edition. A revised and expanded edition of Carol Reschke''s ecological communities of New York state. New York Natural Heritage Program, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Albany, NY.
- Hunt, D. M., G. J. Edinger, J. J. Schmid, D. J. Evans, P. G. Novak, A. M. Olivero, and S. M. Young. 2002. Lake Erie Gorges biodiversity inventory and landscape integrity analysis. Final report to the Central / Western New York Chapter of The Nature Conservancy. New York Natural Heritage Program, Albany, NY. 167 pp.