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Vaccinium caespitosum - (Salix farriae) / Danthonia intermedia Dwarf-shrubland | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Vaccinium caespitosum - (Salix farriae) / Danthonia intermedia Dwarf-shrubland
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This short shrubland occurs along the dry transitions of alpine/subalpine wetlands that are associated with meandering streams and fen-shrublands in the western Thompson-Okanogan Plateau (Northeast Cascades). It was sampled at 1784 and 2010 m (5850 and 6590 feet) elevation in low-gradient, broad and moderately broad valleys. Soils were loamy that dry relatively deep. Vaccinium caespitosum codominates an open short-shrub layer with slightly taller shrubs, either Salix farriae, Salix planifolia, or Betula nana. The ground cover is primarily Danthonia intermedia with scattered Calamagrostis canadensis and Achillea millefolium. Both wet-site species Carex scopulorum var. bracteosa and Carex nigricans and drier-site species Festuca saximontana, Phleum alpinum, or Trisetum spicatum may be present but never abundant. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.22338.VACCINIUMCAESPI
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 17-Oct-2002 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Translated: Dwarf Blueberry - (Farr's Willow) / Timber Oatgrass Dwarf-shrubland
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686775 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL000484
  Scientific: Vaccinium caespitosum - (Salix farriae) / Danthonia intermedia Dwarf-shrubland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Vaccinium caespitosum - (Salix farriae) / Danthonia intermedia Dwarf-shrubland