Sumter National Forest Final Report - NatureServe

ALLIANCE DISTRIBUTIONRange: This alliance is found in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee,Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island,Vermont, and Virginia.Subnations: AL, AR, CT, DE, GA, KY, LA?, MA, MD, ME, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VTTNC Ecoregions: 38:C, 39:C, 43:C, 44:C, 50:C, 51:C, 52:C, 53:C, 59:C, 60:C, 61:CUSFS Ecoregions: 212Fa:CCP, 212Fc:CCC, 212Fd:CCP, 212Ga:CCP, 212Gb:CCP, 221Ae:CCC, 221Af:CCC, 221Ag:CCC,221Ah:CCP, 221Ai:CCC, 221Al:CCP, 221Am:CCC, 221Bd:CCC, 221Da:CCC, 221Db:CCP, 221Dc:CCP, 221Ha:CCC,221Hb:CCC, 221Hc:CCC, 221He:CCC, 222Eb:CCC, 222En:CCP, 222Eo:CCP, 231Af:CCC, 232Bj:CCC, M212Bb:CCC,M212Bc:CCP, M212Bd:CCP, M221Aa:CC?, M221Ab:CC?, M221Ac:CCC, M221Ad:CC?, M221Bb:C??, M221Bd:C??,M221Be:C??, M221Bf:C??, M221Da:CC?, M221Dc:CCC, M221Dd:CCC, M222Aa:CCC, M231Aa:CCC, M231Ab:CCC,M231Ac:CCC, M231Ad:CCCFederal Lands: USFS (Daniel Boone, Oconee?, Ouachita, Ozark, Sumter, Uwharrie)ALLIANCE SOURCESReferences: DuMond 1970, Hoagland 1998a, Nelson 1986, Schafale and Weakley 1990, Tobe et al. 1992VII. Sparse VegetationVII.A.1.N.a. Cliffs with sparse vascular vegetationVII.A.1.N.A. ASPLENIUM MONTANUM SPARSELY VEGETATED ALLIANCE (A.1831)MOUNTAIN SPLEENWORT SPARSELY VEGETATED ALLIANCEALLIANCE CONCEPTSummary: This alliance includes near-vertical to overhanging cliffs, dry to moist, with crevices, generally with very little vascularvegetation, and little nonvascular vegetation, with Asplenium montanum as a characteristic component. This community occurs on anumber of different rock types, including sandstone, quartzite, gneiss, schist, phyllite, but all are acidic (pH of soils in crevices isusually less than 4.0). Asplenium montanum is a characteristic species in stands of this type, although it may not have high cover andwill not necessarily even be present. Heuchera parviflora and Silene rotundifolia are equally characteristic and diagnostic.Related Concepts:• Acidic Rock Cliff Community (Swain and Kearsley 2001) ?• Dry sandstone cliff (Evans 1991) I• Montane Acidic Cliff (Schafale and Weakley 1990) IClassification Comments: NoneALLIANCE DISTRIBUTIONRange: This alliance is found in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia,and elsewhere.Subnations: AL, GA, KY, NC, SC, TN, VA?, WVTNC Ecoregions: 43:C, 44:C, 50:C, 51:C, 52:C, 59:CUSFS Ecoregions: 212D:CP, 221A:CP, 221Hb:CCC, 221Hc:CCC, 221He:CCC, 222Eb:CCC, 222En:CCC, 222Eo:CCC,231Aa:CCC, 231Cd:CCC, M221Aa:CCC, M221Ab:CCC, M221Ca:CCC, M221Cb:CCC, M221Cc:CCC, M221Cd:CCC,M221Ce:CCC, M221Dc:CCC, M221Dd:CCCFederal Lands: NPS (Big South Fork, Chickamauga-Chattanooga, Great Smoky Mountains); USFS (Bankhead, Chattahoochee,Cherokee, Daniel Boone, George Washington, Jefferson, Nantahala, Pisgah, Sumter)ALLIANCE SOURCESReferences: Evans 1991, Schafale and Weakley 1990, Swain and Kearsley 2001Vegetation of Sumter National Forest April 30 2004Copyright © 2004 NatureServe33