Name:
Artemisia tridentata ssp. wyomingensis / Disturbed Understory Ruderal Shrubland
Reference:
Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description:
This Wyoming big sagebrush shrubland has been found in northern Arizona, western Colorado, eastern Utah and southwestern Wyoming and is likely widespread in other parts of the interior western U.S. It can occur on a variety of landscape positions on sites that are flat to moderately steep. This association has been sampled at elevations between 1455 and 2372 m (4770-7777 feet) but is probably found elsewhere. The unvegetated surface is mostly composed of litter, bare soil, and rocks. Soils are typically eolian, alluvial, or colluvial loamy sands to clay loams. This shrubland association has moderately open to dense vegetation cover with an open to closed short-shrub layer. The dominant shrub is <i>Artemisia tridentata ssp. wyomingensis</i> with low to moderate cover. Scattered <i>Pinus edulis, Juniperus osteosperma</i>, and <i>Juniperus scopulorum</i> trees (2-5 m tall) may be present with sparse cover. Other tall, short, and dwarf-shrubs that may be found are <i>Ericameria nauseosa, Ephedra viridis, Gutierrezia sarothrae, Sarcobatus vermiculatus</i>, and succulents. The herbaceous stratum has low to high cover and diversity, but weedy, exotic and invasive species, such as <i>Aristida purpurea, Astragalus nuttallianus, Bromus tectorum, Chenopodium album, Descurainia pinnata, Elymus elymoides, Erodium cicutarium, Lappula occidentalis, Lepidium</i> sp., <i>Phacelia crenulata</i>, or <i>Vulpia octoflora</i>, tend to dominate.
Accession Code:
VB.CC.31999.CEGL002083
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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