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Artemisia papposa Shrubland Alliance | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Artemisia papposa Shrubland Alliance
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: Associations within this low-growing dwarf-shrub alliance occur on mid-elevation (1525-1830 m (5000-6000 feet)), poorly drained basins and ephemeral drainage ways in the southern foothill basins of the Smokey Mountains of south-central Idaho and on the high plateaus of the Owyhee Plateau of southwestern Idaho and southeastern Oregon. Artemisia papposa is dominant in the open deciduous dwarf-shrub canopy. Artemisia arbuscula ssp. arbuscula is often also present. Important perennial grass species include Festuca idahoensis, Poa secunda, Achnatherum thurberianum, and Danthonia unispicata. Characteristic forbs and subshrubs include Eriogonum thymoides, Eriogonum heracleoides, and Eriogonum microthecum, Idahoa scapigera, Antennaria flagellaris, Ionactis alpina (= Aster scopulorum), Pyrrocoma uniflora (= Haploppapus uniflorus), Stenotus acaulis (= Haploppapus acaulis), and Trifolium macrocephalum. The vagrant lichen, Dermatocarpon sp., is often present with high-quality ecological conditions. Little information regarding the successional dynamics of Artemisia papposa or the response of stands to disturbance is available. Associations of the alliance appear to be late-seral communities. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.19541.ARTEMISIAPAPPOS
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 16-Apr-2002 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: Artemisia papposa Shrubland Alliance
  Translated: Owyhee Sagebrush Shrubland Alliance
  UID: HIGHER_CLASS_UNIT.2.124729 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A.2551