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Artemisia arbuscula ssp. longiloba / Poa fendleriana Shrubland | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Artemisia arbuscula ssp. longiloba / Poa fendleriana Shrubland
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This alkali sagebrush low shrubland is only known from Fossil Butte National Monument in southwestern Wyoming. Stands occur on gentle to steep (2- to 24-degree), west-, northwest- or east-facing slopes between 2080 and 2450 m elevation. The unvegetated surface has moderate exposure of bare soil, moderate cover of litter, and low cover of small and large rocks. Soils are well-drained to rapidly drained clay loams or clays derived from the Wasatch Formation. This association is characterized by a sparse to moderate the short-shrub layer dominated by <i>Artemisia arbuscula ssp. longiloba</i> (1-20% cover) and the perennial bunchgrass <i>Poa fendleriana</i> (1-15% cover) that dominates the understory. This association includes sparsely vegetated stands as total vegetation cover ranges from 2-43%. The shrub layer includes other the short and dwarf-shrubs, such as <i>Artemisia tripartita, Atriplex confertifolia, Cercocarpus montanus, Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus</i>, and <i>Ericameria nauseosa</i>, that provide sparse cover. The typically sparse herbaceous layer includes other grasses, including <i>Elymus lanceolatus, Poa secunda, Poa secunda (= Poa juncifolia)</i>, and <i>Pseudoroegneria spicata</i>, and forbs such as <i>Astragalus jejunus</i><i>, Astragalus vexilliflexus, Eriogonum brevicaule, Phlox hoodii, Phlox longifolia</i>, and <i>Trifolium gymnocarpon</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.31875.CEGL005997
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
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Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
     
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Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.802988 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Translated: Alkali Sagebrush / Muttongrass Shrubland
  Code: CEGL005997
  Scientific: Artemisia arbuscula ssp. longiloba / Poa fendleriana Shrubland