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Juniperus osteosperma - (Pinus edulis) / Coleogyne ramosissima - Purshia stansburiana - Quercus havardii var. tuckeri Wooded Shrubland | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Juniperus osteosperma - (Pinus edulis) / Coleogyne ramosissima - Purshia stansburiana - Quercus havardii var. tuckeri Wooded Shrubland Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of... Description: This association has been documented only in the canyonlands of the Colorado Plateau in eastern Utah. This wooded shrubland association occurs where a thin veneer of sand has been deposited in slickrock depressions, on escarpments, plateaus, benches, ridges, hogbacks, valley sides and slopes, dunes, swales, in slot canyons, and washes. Sites are on flat to steep slopes (up to 70%), occur between 1296 and 1890 m elevation, and are oriented to all aspects. Biological soil crust cover is typically low but can be as high as 45%. Soils are derived from eolian deposits and include rapidly drained loams, loamy sands to sandy clays, and sands. This wooded shrubland association has a mixed shrub canopy, occasionally with scattered trees of <i>Pinus edulis</i> and/or <i>Juniperus osteosperma</i>. Woody plants tend to be rooted in bedrock fractures; herbaceous plants persist in the thin deposits of sand that cover the substrate. Total vegetation cover is variable, ranging from 2 to 65% depending on the degree of fracturing of the underlying bedrock. The vegetation is characterized by an open canopy of stunted <i>Juniperus osteosperma</i> or <i>Pinus edulis</i> ranging in cover from 1 to 15% and a shrub understory in which <i>Coleogyne ramosissima</i> is always present and is always accompanied by either or both <i>Purshia stansburiana</i> and <i>Quercus havardii var. tuckeri</i>. Shrub cover may often exceed total tree cover. <i>Pinus edulis</i>, typically 2-5 m tall, may be present with low cover relative to <i>Juniperus osteosperma</i>. The shrub layer may contain as many as ten species, depending on how xeric or mesic the site is. Herbaceous species are rarely important in these stands.  Accession Code: VB.CC.31955.CEGL003774 Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
	status: accepted This Community's Level: association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.791964 NatureServe Explorer   Translated: Utah Juniper - (Two-needle Pinyon) / Blackbrush - Stansbury's Cliffrose - Tucker Sand Shinnery Oak Wooded Shrubland   Scientific: Juniperus osteosperma - (Pinus edulis) / Coleogyne ramosissima - Purshia stansburiana - Quercus havardii var. tuckeri Wooded Shrubland   Code: CEGL003774