Characteristic Plant Species

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Shrubs:

Rhododendron maximum (rhododendron)

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Herbs:

Dentaria multifida (fineleaf toothwort)

Heuchera spp. (alumroot)

Iris cristata (dwarf crested iris)

Micranthes careyana (golden eye saxifrage)

Mitchella repens (partridge berry)

Sedum ternatum (three-leaved stonecrop)

Silene rotundifolia (roundleaf catchfly)

Stellaria pubera (star chickweed)

Thalictrum spp. (meadow-rue)

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Ferns and Clubmosses:

Asplenium montanum (mtn spleenwort)

Asplenium pinnatifidum (lobed spleenwort)

Huperzia porophila (rock clubmoss)

Trichomanes boschianum (Appal. bristle fern)

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NatureServe Communities:

•  Cumberland Acidic Cliff and Rockhouse  (CES 202.309)

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• Southern Appalachian Spray Cliff (CES 202.288) 

Sandstone Cliff Face and Rockhouse

Plant Communities of Sewanee

 

Plateau Surface Habitats

• Plateau Surface

• Sandstone Outcrop and Bluff 

• Plateau Wetland

• Reservoir

• Plateau Open

• Lawn

• Former Agriculture

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Cove Habitats

• Cliff Face and Rockhouse

• Upper and Lower Slope Mesic

• Upper and Lower Slope Dry

• Limestone Outcrop and Glade

• Floodplain

• Cove Open