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A.163 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.163
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: This forest alliance is found on slopes and in drainages. Sites tend to be cool and moist with north or east aspects, elevations 1460-1770 m. Dominant trees are ~Cupressus arizonica, Pinus discolor, Quercus hypoleucoides, Quercus dunnii (= Quercus chrysolepis var. palmeri)$, and ~Quercus arizonica$. The shrub layer is heavy and diverse. Common shrubs include ~Quercus rugosa, Arctostaphylos pungens, Cercocarpus montanus, Fendlera rupicola, Garrya wrightii, Ceanothus fendleri, Nolina microcarpa, Fraxinus anomala$, and ~Prunus virginiana$. The herbaceous layer is also diverse with many graminoids such as ~Bouteloua curtipendula, Poa fendleriana, Carex geophila, Koeleria macrantha, Piptochaetium pringlei (= Stipa pringlei), Elymus elymoides (= Sitanion hystrix), Schizachyrium scoparium, Muhlenbergia longiligula$, and ~Muhlenbergia richardsonis$. The forb ~Packera neomexicana (= Senecio neomexicanus)$ is typical. Fires may be important for ~Cupressus arizonica$ seed to germinate. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.1383.A163
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: I.A.8.N.c
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: CUPRESSUS ARIZONICA FOREST ALLIANCE
  Code: A.163
  Common: Arizona Cypress Forest Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Cupressus arizonica Forest Alliance