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Pseudotsuga menziesii / Poa fendleriana Woodland | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Pseudotsuga menziesii / Poa fendleriana Woodland Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of... Description: This woodland association is only known from a few stands in Curecanti National Recreation Area in western Colorado and from Dinosaur National Monument in Utah. Stands occupy the slopes of canyons and gulches and are on moderately steep to steep (38-70%) sites, between 2178 and 2363 m elevation, and are oriented to northerly aspects. Soils are rapidly drained, coarse-textured and derived from sedimentary rocks. The vegetation is characterized by an open to moderately dense (25 to 50%) tree canopy 10-35 m tall composed of <i>Pseudotsuga menziesii</i>, with an open to moderately dense herbaceous layer dominated by the short bunchgrass <i>Poa fendleriana</i> providing 5 to 25% cover. Single trees of <i>Pinus ponderosa</i> may occur in the canopy, and scattered sapling <i>Pseudotsuga menziesii</i> and <i>Juniperus scopulorum</i> 2-10 m tall form an open subcanopy. Shrubs are generally present but too sparse to constitute a stratum; <i>Cercocarpus montanus, Cercocarpus intricatus, Artemisia tridentata, Ribes</i> spp., <i>Quercus gambelii</i>, and <i>Symphoricarpos oreophilus</i> are common species. The remaining herbaceous layer is mostly composed of graminoids, such as <i>Achnatherum hymenoides, Elymus elymoides, Koeleria macrantha, Poa secunda</i>, and sparse cover of forbs. <i>Pseudoroegneria spicata</i> is absent. Lichens and mosses provide to 25% cover.  Accession Code: VB.CC.31959.CEGL002809 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.2.785226 NatureServe Explorer   Translated: Douglas-fir / Muttongrass Woodland   Scientific: Pseudotsuga menziesii / Poa fendleriana Woodland   Code: CEGL002809