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Acer glabrum Temporarily Flooded Shrubland Alliance | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Acer glabrum Temporarily Flooded Shrubland Alliance
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This shrubland alliance occurs in major upland drainage bottoms in the mountains of Montana and Wyoming, at elevations of approximately 1400-1650 m. Sites are moderately sloping (10-20%) and typically found on the cooler north and east aspects. Substrates are relatively moist, gravelly soils. There is a relatively dense tall-shrub layer, dominated by the cold-deciduous shrub Acer glabrum (65% cover). Scattered Populus tremuloides saplings may also be present in this layer. The short-shrub layer is dominated by Philadelphus lewisii with lesser amounts of Ribes oxyacanthoides ssp. setosum (= Ribes setosum), Rubus idaeus, and Sambucus racemosa. The herbaceous layer is moderately dense (50% cover) and often diverse. It is dominated by perennial forbs such as Osmorhiza berteroi (= Osmorhiza chilensis), Urtica dioica, Veronica americana, Ranunculus uncinatus, and Heracleum sphondylium. The only grass is Poa palustris, and annual forbs include Galium aparine and Stellaria media. Adjacent vegetation includes Populus tremuloides forests down slope on flatter sites and conifer forests on drier upland sites. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.23355.ACERGLABRUMTEMP
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: Acer glabrum Temporarily Flooded Shrubland Alliance
  Translated: Rocky Mountain Maple Temporarily Flooded Shrubland Alliance
  UID: HIGHER_CLASS_UNIT.2.124601 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A.952