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Phlox pulvinata Herbaceous Alliance | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Phlox pulvinata Herbaceous Alliance Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of... Description: This vegetation occurs in alpine fell-fields in the Medicine Bow Mountains of Wyoming. Elevation is approximately 3300 m. Stands occur on ridges, and are exposed to extreme, desiccating winds. Snow cover is mostly scoured away by these winds resulting in a very dry habitat. Substrates are rocky, shallow sandy loams derived from parent materials of a complex of gneiss, schist, and granitic rocks. The plants grow in between the exposed surface rocks forming a sparse herbaceous layer dominated by the cushion plants Phlox pulvinata, Paronychia pulvinata, Trifolium dasyphyllum, Minuartia obtusiloba, and the graminoids Carex rupestris var. drummondiana and Festuca campestris.  Accession Code: VB.CC.27471.PHLOXPULVINATAH 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: Phlox pulvinata Herbaceous Alliance   Translated: Cushion Phlox Herbaceous Alliance   UID: HIGHER_CLASS_UNIT.2.125559 NatureServe Explorer   Code: A.1651