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CEGL002300 Eastern Boreal & Laurentian Dry Acidic Cliff Vegetation
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Eastern Boreal & Laurentian Dry Acidic Cliff Vegetation
Colloquial Name: Eastern Boreal & Laurentian Dry Acidic Cliff
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This northern acidic dry cliff community is found in the northern Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada. Stands occur inland from the Great Lakes shoreline and northward in the Laurentian region, and include basalt/diabase cliffs. Other igneous or metamorphic rock types may also be included. These dry cliffs may have <15% total vascular plant cover, and are dominated by crustose lichens, mosses and ferns. Further characterization of this type is needed.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: More study is needed to characterize this type. More alkaline rocks such as basalt/diabase are separated from granite and other more acidic rocks into ~Laurentian Dry Alkaline Cliff Vegetation (CEGL005493)$$ and boreal sandstone cliffs are placed in ~Laurentian Dry Sandstone Cliff Vegetation (CEGL005494)$$. The Northern (Laurentian) Igneous/Metamorphic Moist Cliff Scrub, ~Acer spicatum - Thuja occidentalis - Betula papyrifera / Taxus canadensis Alkaline Cliff Scrub (CEGL005251)$$, is the moist counterpart to this type. In Wisconsin, basalt/diabase examples of this type occur along the St. Croix River and at a few other locations in the northwest. Other igneous or metamorphic rock types would also be placed here. In addition this type includes eastern boreal cliffs, as the core fern species typically extend into the boreal region.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: At this time little is known of the vegetational characteristics of this type. These dry cliffs may have <25% total plant cover, excluding crustose lichens (MNNHP 1993).
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: At this time little is known of the environmental characteristics of this type. Stands do include inland basalt/diabase cliffs away from the Great Lakes shoreline and into the eastern boreal region. Other igneous or metamorphic rock types may also be included.
Geographic Range: This dry igneous/metamorphic cliff community is found in the eastern boreal and northern Great Lakes region of Canada and the United States, ranging from northern Ontario to northern Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan. Its eastward limits are not clear.
Nations: CA,US
States/Provinces: MI, MN, ON, WI
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688431
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.b Laurentian-Acadian-Great Lakes Cliff & Rock Vegetation Group | G839 | 6.B.1.Na.1.b |
| Alliance | A4007 Laurentian-Acadian-Great Lakes Acidic Cliff Alliance | A4007 | 6.B.1.Na.1.b |
| Association | CEGL002300 Eastern Boreal & Laurentian Dry Acidic Cliff Vegetation | CEGL002300 | 6.B.1.Na.1.b |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Igneous - Metamorphic Northern Dry Cliff Sparse Vegetation (Faber-Langendoen 2001) [Open Cliff Basalt/Diabase Subtype]
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