Login | Datasets | Logout
 

View Community Concepts - Detail

Antennaria microphylla Herbaceous Alliance | Western Ecology Working Group of...
  click to update datacart
Name: Antennaria microphylla Herbaceous Alliance
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This alpine vegetation type apparently has been described only from three stands at about 10,700 feet elevation on Carter Mountain along the eastern edge of the Absaroka Mountains in northwestern Wyoming. These communities occur on the lower portions of relatively steep, leeward slopes where snow accumulation is thought to be moderate. The vegetation consists of a single stratum of scattered forbs, graminoids, and cushion plants up to 20 cm tall, with Antennaria microphylla and Artemisia scopulorum contributing 25% of the standing crop of herbage. Other forbs of any abundance include Achillea millefolium, Oxytropis parryi, Cerastium arvense, and Lomatium cous (= Lomatium montanum). Graminoids contribute about 24% of the standing crop, and the most abundant taxa are Poa spp., Koeleria macrantha, Festuca rubra, and Carex elynoides. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.19875.ANTENNARIAMICRO
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: Antennaria microphylla Herbaceous Alliance
  Translated: Littleleaf Pussytoes Herbaceous Alliance
  UID: HIGHER_CLASS_UNIT.2.124554 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A.1623