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Pinus ponderosa / Purshia tridentata / Carex inops ssp. inops Forest | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Pinus ponderosa / Purshia tridentata / Carex inops ssp. inops Forest
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This forest is endemic to the eastern Cascades of central Oregon. It is found on a narrow elevational belt between 1500-1800 m (4900-5900 feet) on level slopes (1-10%) of all aspects. Soils are loamy coarse sand to sandy loams which are well-drained. It is possible that it occurs in deep, recent pumice outcrops in northern California, but it has not been documented there. Pinus ponderosa (10-40% cover) and Pinus contorta (1-20% cover) partially shade an understory of Purshia tridentata (7-40% cover), Achnatherum occidentale ssp. occidentale (= Stipa occidentalis) (trace-10% cover), and the diagnostic species, Carex inops ssp. inops. Other plants which may be present include Arctostaphylos patula, Ceanothus velutinus, Carex rossii, Elymus elymoides ssp. elymoides (= Sitanion hystrix), Achillea millefolium, Eriogonum umbellatum, and Machaeranthera canescens (= Aster canescens). This association is well-adapted to periodic fires. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.22060.PINUSPONDEROSAP
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Translated: Ponderosa Pine / Bitterbrush / Long-stolon Sedge Forest
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685480 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL000193
  Scientific: Pinus ponderosa / Purshia tridentata / Carex inops ssp. inops Forest
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Pinus ponderosa / Purshia tridentata / Carex inops ssp. inops Forest