Login | Datasets | Logout
 

View Community Concepts - Detail

Populus tremuloides / Carex siccata Forest | Western Ecology Working Group of...
  click to update datacart
Name: Populus tremuloides / Carex siccata Forest
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This quaking aspen forest association occurs on the Colorado Plateau and Rocky Mountains of Arizona, Colorado and Wyoming. This description is based on information from Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in Colorado. Additional global information will be added as it becomes available. This association is known from stream terraces at 2998 to 3079 m elevation. Terrain is gently sloping to steep with warmer southeast- to west-facing aspects. Soils are moderately well- to well-drained sandy loams derived from fluvial deposition. Ground cover is dominated by litter and duff, but there is a significant amount of large rock cover. These are moderately open thickets with 30-40% cover of <i>Populus tremuloides</i> and occasional <i>Picea engelmannii</i>. The short-shrub layer is dominated by <i>Rosa woodsii</i> and <i>Juniperus communis</i>. The herbaceous layer is dominated by <i>Carex siccata</i> with 10-30% cover. <i>Thermopsis montana</i> and <i>Fragaria virginiana</i> are the dominant forbs with 10-30% cover, although forb cover may be diverse. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.32732.CEGL000578
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.2.685993 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Scientific: Populus tremuloides / Carex siccata Forest
  Code: CEGL000578
  Translated: Quaking Aspen / Dry-spike Sedge Forest