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A.970 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.970
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: These riparian shrublands have been reported from the western side of the Bighorn Mountains of north-central Wyoming. Elevations range from 2070-2600 m. Sites are foothill canyons, on intermittent streams with beds of limestone cobbles and boulders, or near springs at the base of limestone talus or limestone bedrock. Sites are mesic, flat to moderately sloping with southern to western aspects. The alliance is characterized by a patchy short-shrub layer that is dominated by ~Ribes lacustre$. Other short shrubs may include ~Rosa woodsii, Rubus idaeus$ and scattered ~Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana$ and ~Juniperus communis$. The herbaceous layer includes ~Mertensia ciliata$ and other forb species such as ~Maianthemum stellatum, Saxifraga odontoloma$ and graminoids like ~Bromus ciliatus, Carex$ spp. and ~Poa secunda (= Poa juncifolia)$. Scattered tall shrubs (<3 m), such as ~Acer glabrum, Betula occidentalis, Cornus sericea (= Cornus stolonifera)$, or ~Salix bebbiana$,are often present. Exotic forage species, such as ~Phleum pratense, Poa pratensis$ and the annual forb ~Taraxacum officinale$, are present in many of the more disturbed stands near hay meadows. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.2597.A970
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: RIBES LACUSTRE TEMPORARILY FLOODED SHRUBLAND ALLIANCE
  Code: A.970
  Common: Bristly Black Currant Temporarily Flooded Shrubland Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Ribes lacustre Temporarily Flooded Shrubland Alliance