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A.927 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.927
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: Vegetation in this alliance occurs on rocky talus slopes in the alpine tundra in the Colorado Front Range. Stands are found in the lower alpine tundra close to and within the krummholz between 3300-3450 m elevation, on warm, dry microsites on stable and unstable, moving scree slopes. The ground is covered with cobbles or boulders and is nearly blown free of snow in the winter. Soils are young and poorly developed due to low soil temperature, low soil moisture during the summer, and a short growing season. ~Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus$ is the dominant species. ~Aquilegia caerulea var. caerulea, Valeriana edulis var. edulis, Heterotheca villosa, Festuca brachyphylla$, and ~Trisetum spicatum$ are the most common forbs and, when present, occur in low abundance. Moss cover is very sparse due to the dry, rocky substrate of the alliance. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.2552.A927
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Mar-2005
     
  • status: accepted
  • Community's Parent: III.B.2.N.a
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: RUBUS IDAEUS SSP. STRIGOSUS SHRUBLAND ALLIANCE
  Code: A.927
  Common: Red Raspberry Shrubland Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus Shrubland Alliance