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Rubus idaeus Scree Shrubland | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Rubus idaeus Scree Shrubland
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This association occurs on very steep, rock outcrop, talus and scree slopes in the subalpine to alpine tundra in the southern Rocky Mountains. Stands typically occur on warm, xeric sites on coarse, stable and fine, unstable scree slopes. The ground is covered with cobbles or boulders and is nearly blown free of snow during the winter. Soils are young and poorly developed because of low soil temperature and soil moisture during the summer and a short growing season. Soils are classified as Cryorthents. The vegetation is characterized by an open shrub layer often growing in soil pockets between larger rocks. <i>Rubus idaeus</i> dominates the low-shrub layer (<1 m tall). Other shrubs may be present, such as <i>Holodiscus dumosus</i> and <i>Ribes inerme</i>. The herbaceous layer is open to sparse and composed of a mixture of grasses, such as <i>Elymus elymoides, Festuca brachyphylla, Trisetum spicatum</i>, and forbs <i>Aquilegia caerulea, Chamerion angustifolium, Cirsium scopulorum, Erigeron lonchophyllus, Erigeron simplex, Galium boreale (= Galium septentrionale), Heterotheca villosa, Oxyria digyna, Polemonium viscosum</i>, and <i>Valeriana edulis</i>. Dominance of <i>Rubus idaeus</i> on scree or other rocky surface is diagnostic of this association. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.32581.CEGL001134
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.2.687301 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Translated: American Red Raspberry Scree Shrubland
  Scientific: Rubus idaeus Scree Shrubland
  Code: CEGL001134