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Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana / Achnatherum occidentale Shrubland | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana / Achnatherum occidentale Shrubland
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This is a sagebrush opening in Pinus contorta or Pinus ponderosa forests in the East Cascades and Modoc Plateau of south-central Oregon and northeastern California. It is found between 4800 and 4900 feet in elevation on very deep Mazama ash deposits under 5-7 inches of loamy sand. Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana is the dominant shrub, with up to 10-30% cover in the Deschutes National Forest and 55% in the one plot from central Oregon. Achnatherum occidentale (= Stipa occidentalis) is the only grass reported from this community in central Oregon, while Carex rossii and Elymus elymoides were occasional in the East Cascades. Prominent forbs are Eriogonum flavum, Eriogonum umbellatum, Eriogonum ovalifolium, Polygonum phytolaccifolium, Lupinus spp., Eriophyllum lanatum and Antennaria dimorpha. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.19494.ARTEMISIATRIDEN
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Translated: Mountain Big Sagebrush / Western Needlegrass Shrubland
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683820 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL001033
  Scientific: Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana / Achnatherum occidentale Shrubland
  Common: Mountain Big Sagebrush / Western Needlegrass Shrubland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana / Achnatherum occidentale Shrubland