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Artemisia tridentata (ssp. tridentata, ssp. xericensis) / Pseudoroegneria spicata Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Artemisia tridentata (ssp. tridentata, ssp. xericensis) / Pseudoroegneria spicata Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of... Description: This is a tall-shrub type from deep soils in basins and foothills of the Idaho, Montana and Wyoming Rocky Mountains west to eastern Washington, eastern Oregon, and northeastern California. Stands of this type grow in deep, generally alluvial soils of fans, swales, and draws in intermountain basins and in the foothills of the surrounding mountains. Artemisia tridentata ssp. tridentata dominates the shrub layer, which may contain Chrysothamnus spp. and Artemisia tridentata ssp. wyomingensis. Shrub cover generally ranges from 10-25%, but may exceed 25% in some stands. Pseudoroegneria spicata dominates the understory in good condition stands, which may also contain a variety of other graminoids and forbs. Bromus tectorum is common in degraded stands. The species composition of this type is very similar to Artemisia tridentata ssp. wyomingensis / Pseudoroegneria spicata Shrubland (CEGL001009) (which grows on shallower, drier soils), but Artemisia tridentata ssp. tridentata dominates the overstory in this association. Stands of this type occupy deeper soils than do stands of the shorter Artemisia tridentata ssp. wyomingensis / Pseudoroegneria spicata Shrubland (CEGL001009), which may form the surrounding matrix vegetation.  Accession Code: VB.CC.21406.ARTEMISIATRIDEN 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: Artemisia tridentata (ssp. tridentata, ssp. xericensis) Shrub Herbaceous Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Translated: (Basin Big Sagebrush, Foothill Big Sagebrush) / Bluebunch Wheatgrass Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685994 NatureServe Explorer   Scientific: Artemisia tridentata (ssp. tridentata, ssp. xericensis) / Pseudoroegneria spicata Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation   Common: Big Sagebrush / Bluebunch Wheatgrass Shrubland   Code: CEGL001018 (convergence) and Synonyms: (undetermined) Artemisia tridentata (ssp. tridentata, ssp. xericensis) / Pseudoroegneria spicata Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation