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A.1652 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.1652
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: This alliance occurs in a mountainous region of southern New Mexico. This alliance is found at high elevations (between 10,500 and 11,800 feet) on open, wind-swept slopes that can be characterized as alpine tundra. The sites are above timberline and typically cold and dry, due to constant winds which maintain snow-free slopes. The soils are thin, lithosolic, extremely cobbly and excessively drained. Most of the species in this alliance are perennial forbs, with the characteristic cushion-plant growth form found in tundra plants, an adaptation to the harsh, windy environment. ~Potentilla sierrae-blancae$ is the dominant species. Other common species include ~Minuartia obtusiloba, Primula rusbyi (= Primula ellisiae), Pseudocymopterus montanus$, and ~Zigadenus elegans$. Graminoid species are not abundant. Lichens are very common, but there is no information on what species are present. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.1408.A1652
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: POTENTILLA SIERRAE-BLANCAE HERBACEOUS ALLIANCE
  Code: A.1652
  Common: Sierra Blanca Cinquefoil Herbaceous Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Potentilla sierrae-blancae Herbaceous Alliance