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A3694 Clinopodium arkansanum - Campanula rotundifolia Limestone Lakeshore Alliance
Type Concept Sentence: This alliance is characterized by sparse vegetation of shores of the Great Lakes. The substrate chemistry has high base status and ranges from bedrock to gravel. Characteristic species include Clinopodium arkansanum, Campanula rotundifolia, and Juncus arcticus ssp. littoralis; Populus balsamifera is occasionally present.
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Limestone Calamint - Bluebell Bellflower Limestone Lakeshore Alliance
Colloquial Name: Great Lakes Limestone Rocky Shore
Hierarchy Level: Alliance
Type Concept: This alliance is characterized by sparse vegetation of shores of the Great Lakes. The substrate chemistry has high base status and ranges from bedrock to gravel. Characteristic species include Clinopodium arkansanum, Campanula rotundifolia, and Juncus arcticus ssp. littoralis; Populus balsamifera is occasionally present.
Diagnostic Characteristics: Limestone bedrock or gravel of large lakeshores; presence of Clinopodium arkansanum, Campanula rotundifolia, Juncus arcticus ssp. littoralis, and Populus balsamifera are characteristic.
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: This alliance requires additional data to characterize with higher confidence. Vegetation of similar environments also occurs on Lake Champlain, but as yet is undescribed in the USNVC.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: This alliance is characterized by sparse vegetation generally dominated by forbs and graminoids; scattered shrubs and trees occur with greater density farther from the lakeshore.
Floristics: Characteristic species include Clinopodium arkansanum, Campanula rotundifolia, and Juncus arcticus ssp. littoralis (= Juncus balticus); Populus balsamifera is occasionally present.
Dynamics: Wave action and ice-scour structure the vegetation closest to the water, preventing long-term establishment of woody species and forbs, which are confined to cracks in the bedrock.
Environmental Description: The substrate is limestone bedrock or cobble with high base status.
Geographic Range: This alliance occurs on the Great Lakes.
Nations: CA,US
States/Provinces: MI, OH?, ON, VT, WI
Plot Analysis Summary:
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Confidence Level: Moderate
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: GNR
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.4 Temperate to Polar Scrub & Herb Coastal Vegetation Formation | F005 | 2.B.4 |
| Division | 2.B.4.Na Eastern North American Coastal Scrub & Herb Vegetation Division | D026 | 2.B.4.Na |
| Macrogroup | 2.B.4.Na.1 Eastern North American Coastal Beach & Rocky Shore Macrogroup | M060 | 2.B.4.Na.1 |
| Group | 2.B.4.Na.1.c Great Lakes Coastal Rocky Shore Group | G793 | 2.B.4.Na.1.c |
| Alliance | A3694 Limestone Calamint - Bluebell Bellflower Limestone Lakeshore Alliance | A3694 | 2.B.4.Na.1.c |
| Association | CEGL002506 Shrubby-cinquefoil / Limestone Calamint - Silverweed Cinquefoil - Mistassini Primrose Lakeshore Sparse Vegetation | CEGL002506 | 2.B.4.Na.1.c |
| Association | CEGL005169 Limestone Cobble - Gravel Great Lakes Shore Sparse Vegetation | CEGL005169 | 2.B.4.Na.1.c |
Concept Lineage: A.1843 and A.1850
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: < Limestone bedrock lakeshore (Kost et al. 2007)
- Faber-Langendoen, D., J. Drake, M. Hall, G. Kittel, S. Menard, C. Nordman, M. Pyne, M. Reid, M. Russo, K. Schulz, L. Sneddon, K. Snow, and J. Teague. 2013-2019b. Screening alliances for induction into the U.S. National Vegetation Classification: Part 1 - Alliance concept review. NatureServe, Arlington, VA.
- Kost, M. A., D. A. Albert, J. G. Cohen, B. S. Slaughter, R. K. Schillo, C. R. Weber, and K. A. Chapman. 2007. Natural communities of Michigan: Classification and description. Report No. 2007-21, Michigan Natural Features Inventory, Lansing. 314 pp. [http://web4.msue.msu.edu/mnfi/reports/2007-21_Natural_Communites_of_Michigan_Classification_and_Description.pdf]