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CEGL004728 Adiantum capillus-veneris - Boehmeria cylindrica - Lobelia siphilitica Cliff Vegetation
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Common Maidenhair - Small-spike False Nettle - Great Blue Lobelia Cliff Vegetation
Colloquial Name: Cumberland River Limestone Cliff Seep
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This broadly defined association covers vegetation dominated by Adiantum capillus-veneris occurring in Kentucky, Tennessee, and possibly other inland states. In Kentucky, it occurs along bluffs of the Cumberland River and its South Fork, where small streams and seeps flow over open limestone cliffs. At these sites, Boehmeria cylindrica and Lobelia siphilitica are common herbaceous associates; Hydrangea arborescens is a common shrub. In Tennessee, Stellaria fontinalis is sometimes found in examples of this vegetation (in the Eastern Highland Rim). It is also reported from sites along the Green River in the Pennyroyal Karst Plain (Hart County, Kentucky, 222Eh).
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: This vegetation type is reported from the Somerset Ranger District of the Daniel Boone National Forest by Julian Campbell (pers. comm., Palmer-Ball et al. 1988). Some examples of this vegetation occur on travertine (redeposited limestone). Thuja occidentalis and Cladrastis kentukea may occur in adjacent forests. More information is needed on the possible occurrence of this vegetation in Arkansas; it may constitute a distinct association, or may even belong in a different alliance.
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: The distribution of this type is restricted to certain specific portions of the Interior Low Plateau of Kentucky and Tennessee.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: AR, KY, TN
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689407
Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G2G3
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 | A3915 Appalachian Wet Cliff Alliance | A3915 | 6.B.1.Na.1.c |
| Association | CEGL004728 Common Maidenhair - Small-spike False Nettle - Great Blue Lobelia Cliff Vegetation | CEGL004728 | 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: = Limestone Seep Cliff? (Palmer-Ball et al. 1988)
- Campbell, Julian J. N. Personal communication. Kentucky Field Office, The Nature Conservancy.
- Palmer-Ball, B., Jr., J. J. N. Campbell, M. E. Medley, D. T. Towles, J. R. MacGregor, and R. R. Cicerello. 1988. Cooperative inventory of endangered, threatened, sensitive and rare species, Daniel Boone National Forest, Somerset Ranger District. USDA Forest Service, Daniel Boone National Forest, Berea, KY. 244 pp.
- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.