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Sibbaldia procumbens - Polygonum bistortoides Herbaceous Vegetation | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Sibbaldia procumbens - Polygonum bistortoides Herbaceous Vegetation
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This low-growing subalpine and alpine wet meadow type has been described from the Wind River Mountains of west-central Wyoming and the Medicine Bow Mountains of south-central Wyoming and from the Front Range of north-central Colorado. It is a minor plant association and occurs in areas with late-lying snowbanks and in poorly drained depressions. Because these snowbanks do not melt until late July or mid August, these soils remain moist throughout the growing season. The vegetation is characterized by a moderately dense to dense herbaceous layer dominated by <i>Sibbaldia procumbens</i>, with a number of other associated species usually present, such as <i>Calamagrostis canadensis, Carex nigricans</i> (sometimes a codominant), <i>Deschampsia caespitosa, Erigeron</i> spp., <i>Lewisia pygmaea, Juncus drummondii, Trollius laxus ssp. albiflorus</i>, and especially <i>Polygonum bistortoides</i>, which may be present to codominant. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.32768.CEGL001933
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
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  Translated: Creeping Sibbaldia - American Bistort Herbaceous Vegetation
  Scientific: Sibbaldia procumbens - Polygonum bistortoides Herbaceous Vegetation
  Code: CEGL001933