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A.1623 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.1623
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: This alpine vegetation type apparently has been described only from three stands at about 10,700 feet elevation on Carter Mountain along the eastern edge of the Absaroka Mountains in northwestern Wyoming. These communities occur on the lower portions of relatively steep, leeward slopes where snow accumulation is thought to be moderate. The vegetation consists of a single stratum of scattered forbs, graminoids, and cushion plants up to 20 cm tall, with ~Antennaria microphylla$ and ~Artemisia scopulorum$ contributing 25% of the standing crop of herbage. Other forbs of any abundance include ~Achillea millefolium, Oxytropis parryi, Cerastium arvense$, and ~Lomatium cous (= Lomatium montanum)$. Graminoids contribute about 24% of the standing crop, and the most abundant taxa are ~Poa$ spp., ~Koeleria macrantha, Festuca rubra$, and ~Carex elynoides$. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.1376.A1623
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Mar-2005
     
  • status: accepted
  • Community's Parent: V.B.2.N.b
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: ANTENNARIA MICROPHYLLA HERBACEOUS ALLIANCE
  Code: A.1623
  Common: Littleleaf Pussytoes Herbaceous Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Antennaria microphylla Herbaceous Alliance