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Populus tremuloides / Lonicera involucrata Forest | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Populus tremuloides / Lonicera involucrata Forest Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of... Description: This subalpine riparian aspen forest association is widespread in the south-central Colorado Rocky Mountains. Sites are cool and wet and reported from southerly to northeasternly aspects. Elevations range from 2990 to 3110 m (9800-10,200 feet). Stands occur on lower slopes, benches, and flats along streams and in swales near springs and seeps. Slopes are gentle to moderate (<30%) and may be undulating, possibly because of slumping when soils are saturated. Litter and duff cover the forest floor. The vegetation is characterized by Populus tremuloides dominating the nearly closed tree canopy and a dense (about 80% cover) short-shrub layer (1-2 m tall) dominated or codominated by Lonicera involucrata. Conifers (Abies lasiocarpa and Picea engelmannii) and Populus balsamifera may be present as subcanopy and understory speices but are not abundant and make up less that 25% or the total tree canopy. Salix monticola and Rosa woodsii are typically abundant and consistent shrub species. The herbaceous layer is relatively depauperate (about 15%) and composed of mesic forbs and graminoids such as Aconitum columbianum, Calamagrostis canadensis, Carex siccata (= Carex foenea), Fragaria virginiana, Maianthemum stellatum, Mertensia ciliata, and Thalictrum alpinum. These forests typically have high plant diversity (about 37 species per plot). Diagnostic of this aspen forest association is the dense short-shrub layer dominated by Lonicera involucrata.  Accession Code: VB.CC.21158.POPULUSTREMULOI Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Nov-2014
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Populus tremuloides Forest Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Translated: Quaking Aspen / Four-line Honeysuckle Forest   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685611 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL000592   Scientific: Populus tremuloides / Lonicera involucrata Forest (convergence) and Synonyms: (undetermined) Populus tremuloides / Lonicera involucrata Forest