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CEGL004344 Diamorpha smallii - Minuartia glabra - Minuartia uniflora - Cyperus granitophilus Flatrock Vegetation
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Elf Orpine - Appalachian Stitchwort - One-flower Stitchwort - Granite Flatsedge Flatrock Vegetation
Colloquial Name: Piedmont Granitic Flatrock Glade, Annual Succulent Zone
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This association represents the Annual Succulent Zone of the Piedmont Granitic Flatrock Glade. This annual herbaceous community is a zonal component of granitic flatrock communities of the Piedmont of Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Alabama. Characteristic species include Diamorpha smallii, Minuartia glabra, Minuartia uniflora (from southern NC southwards), Cyperus granitophilus, and other annuals. Perennials are not dominant but grade in from adjacent perennial zones.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: Coffey (1964) cites Diamorpha smallii (as Diamorpha cymosa) as being abundant "in the shallow depressions which dry quickly" and also states that Minuartia uniflora (as Arenaria brevifolia) and Minuartia glabra (as Arenaria groenlandica var. glabra) are also found in these depressions. She does not name or identify either particular zones or specific associations in her work on flat granitic outcrops. This type was formerly recognized as occurring in Virginia.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: The characteristic species of this zonal component of granitic flatrock communities include Diamorpha smallii, Minuartia glabra, Minuartia uniflora (from southern North Carolina southwards), Cyperus granitophilus, and other annuals. Perennials are not dominant but grade in from adjacent perennial zones.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This annual herbaceous community is a zonal component of granitic flatrock communities.
Geographic Range: This vegetation in this alliance occurs in the Piedmont of Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: AL, GA, NC, SC
Plot Analysis Summary:
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Confidence Level: Low
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G3
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.Nc Eastern North American Grassland & Shrubland Division | D024 | 2.B.2.Nc |
| Macrogroup | 2.B.2.Nc.1 Catawba Rosebay / Michaux''s Saxifrage - Flattened Oatgrass Felsic & Mafic Scrub & Grassland Macrogroup | M506 | 2.B.2.Nc.1 |
| Group | 2.B.2.Nc.1.f Willdenow''s Croton - Appalachian Stitchwort - Woolly Ragwort Piedmont Flatrock Group | G671 | 2.B.2.Nc.1.f |
| Alliance | A3962 Willdenow''s Croton - Appalachian Stitchwort - Fameflower species Piedmont Open Flatrock Alliance | A3962 | 2.B.2.Nc.1.f |
| Association | CEGL004344 Elf Orpine - Appalachian Stitchwort - One-flower Stitchwort - Granite Flatsedge Flatrock Vegetation | CEGL004344 | 2.B.2.Nc.1.f |
Concept Lineage: merged
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: ? Diamorpha community (Burbanck and Platt 1964)
? Diamorpha community (Quarterman et al. 1993)
< IE8a. Interior Upland Sandstone Glade (Allard 1990)
= Pool Type B (Baker 1956)
? Diamorpha community (Quarterman et al. 1993)
< IE8a. Interior Upland Sandstone Glade (Allard 1990)
= Pool Type B (Baker 1956)
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- Baker, W. B. 1956. Some interesting plants of the granite outcrops of Georgia. Georgia Mineral Newsletter 9(1):10-19.
- Burbanck, M. P., and R. B. Platt. 1964. Granite outcrop communities of the Piedmont Plateau in Georgia. Ecology 45:292-306.
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- NatureServe Ecology - Southeastern United States. No date. Unpublished data. NatureServe, Durham, NC.
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