Lawn

Characteristic Plant Species

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Herbs:

Anthoxanthum odoratum (sweet vernalgrass)

Cerastium fontanum (starweed)

Cynodon dactylon (Bermuda grass)

Dichondra carolinensis (Carolina ponysfoot)

Glechoma hederacea (ground-ivy)

Ranunculus abortivus (littleleaf buttercup)

Schedonorus arundinaceus (tall fescue)

Taraxacum officinale (common dandelion)

Trifolium repens (white clover)

Viola sororia (common blue violet)

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