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A.958 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.958
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: This shrubland alliance is highly variable, occupying various landforms in the foothills, montane, and subalpine regions in the Rocky Mountain region. Sites include glacial depressions, terraces along meandering streams, slopes near springs and seeps, steep scree slopes, or broad mountain meadows. Typically, stands occur on broad, gently sloping valley bottoms and floodplains or along the drier edges of isolated wetlands and fens. Surface water is present for brief periods during the growing season, but the water table usually lies well below the soil surface. The soils are typically sandy loams over sand and gravel layers. Peat accumulation is common in stands located on fens. Soil texture can be fine-textured with occasional mottling and gleying. This alliance is dominated by ~Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda (= Pentaphylloides floribunda)$. Associates include ~Artemisia cana$ and ~Deschampsia caespitosa$ and ~Trifolium longipes$ on wetter sites. Other graminoids present in the wetter sites may include ~Poa secunda, Festuca rubra, Carex aquatilis, Carex buxbaumii, Carex microptera, Carex pachystachya, Juncus balticus$, and ~Muhlenbergia filiformis$. The drier sites typically are composed of a dense graminoid layer that includes ~Festuca idahoensis, Festuca campestris, Schizachyrium scoparium$, and ~Andropogon gerardii$. Diagnostic of this alliance is the dominance of ~Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda$ in a shrub layer with over 25% cover. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.2584.A958
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.d
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: DASIPHORA FRUTICOSA TEMPORARILY FLOODED SHRUBLAND ALLIANCE
  Code: A.958
  Common: Shrubby-cinquefoil Temporarily Flooded Shrubland Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Dasiphora fruticosa Temporarily Flooded Shrubland Alliance