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A.1624 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.1624
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: This alliance is found in the alpine tundra of the Colorado Rocky Mountains between 2500 and 4000 m in elevation. Soils are typically skeletal and prone to disturbance from frost heaving or burrowing animals. The soil surface is often stripped of fine-textured soil particles, leaving a gravel pavement. This alliance is associated with relatively shallow snowbeds, which result in moist, but not water-logged, soils during the growing season. The vegetation is dominated by ~Artemisia arctica$, which ranges from 25-60% cover. Other frequent forb associates include ~Trifolium parryi, Trifolium dasyphyllum, Lewisia pygmaea, Ranunculus adoneus, Polygonum bistortoides, Draba crassifolia, Cerastium arvense, Minuartia obtusiloba (= Arenaria sajanensis)$, and ~Sibbaldia procumbens$. Graminoid associates include ~Carex brunnescens, Luzula spicata, Poa fendleriana, Poa alpina, Deschampsia caespitosa$, and ~Festuca brachyphylla$. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.1377.A1624
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:   Code: A.1624
  Scientific: ARTEMISIA ARCTICA HERBACEOUS ALLIANCE
  Common: Boreal Sagebrush Herbaceous Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Artemisia arctica Herbaceous Alliance