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Artemisia arbuscula ssp. arbuscula / Festuca idahoensis Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Artemisia arbuscula ssp. arbuscula / Festuca idahoensis Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This dwarf sagebrush shrub herbaceous association occurs from 1525 to 2800 m (5000-9100 feet) elevation. It occurs on dry, exposed moderate slopes, on undulating to rolling topography, lower mountain toeslopes, inaccessible ridges, and on very steep canyon talus slopes. Soils are shallow or moderately deep, from well- to moderately well-developed. Artemisia arbuscula is the characteristic and predominant low shrub, although it can be obscured by the grass cover. Cover of the low shrub is scattered and open (8-30%). Festuca idahoensis is the dominant understory grass (3-36% cover), with Pseudoroegneria spicata usually present, but can often be absent (0-25%). Koeleria macrantha (= Koeleria cristata), Poa secunda (= Poa sandbergii), Achnatherum thurberianum (= Stipa thurberiana), and Elymus elymoides (= Sitanion hystrix) are typical co-occurring grasses. Common forbs include Phlox hoodii, Phlox longifolia, Antennaria rosea, Crepis acuminata, Senecio integerrimus, Balsamorhiza ssp., Eriogonum spp., and Erigeron compositus. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.25948.ARTEMISIAARBUSC
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Translated: Dwarf Sagebrush / Idaho Fescue Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688549 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL001409
  Scientific: Artemisia arbuscula ssp. arbuscula / Festuca idahoensis Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Artemisia arbuscula ssp. arbuscula / Festuca idahoensis Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation