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Poa fendleriana ssp. fendleriana Herbaceous Vegetation | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Poa fendleriana ssp. fendleriana Herbaceous Vegetation Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of... Description: This association has only been described from the southern edge of the Eastern Cascades ecoregion in south-central Oregon. It tends to occur on relatively flat terrain characterized as inactive floodplains, terraces, and dry basins at moderate elevations (4200-6000 feet). Soils are pumice alluvium with surface textures a silty loam to coarse sandy loam grading into gravelly pumice in the C horizon at 40-70 inches below the soil surface. This association contains a mixture of grasses with Poa fendleriana ssp. fendleriana (formerly called Poa cusickii) usually dominating, with cover from 27-45%. Codominants may include Elymus caninus (<15%), Koeleria macrantha (<15%), Muhlenbergia richardsonis (<15%), and Carex praegracilis (<15%). Common forbs include Achillea millefolium (<4%) and Symphyotrichum campestre var. bloomeri (= Aster campestris var. bloomeri) (<7%).  Accession Code: VB.CC.22298.POAFENDLERIANAS 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: Poa fendleriana Herbaceous Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Translated: Muttongrass Herbaceous Vegetation   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687369 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL001655   Scientific: Poa fendleriana ssp. fendleriana Herbaceous Vegetation (convergence) and Synonyms: (undetermined) Poa cusickii Herbaceous Vegetation