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Phlox pulvinata - Trifolium dasyphyllum Herbaceous Vegetation | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Phlox pulvinata - Trifolium dasyphyllum Herbaceous Vegetation
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This alpine cushion-plant vegetation association has been named from Carter Mountain on the eastern side of the Absaroka Mountains in northwestern Wyoming. Stands of this type occur on moderately steep slopes in the lee of ridgetops. Soils are loamy to sandy loam in texture, moderately deep, stony throughout, and provide less water than soils on other topographic positions in the area. The vegetation, as described by standing crop rather than cover, consists mainly of <i>Phlox pulvinata</i> and <i>Trifolium dasyphyllum</i>, with <i>Artemisia scopulorum, Lomatium cous, Oxytropis parryi, Phlox multiflora</i>, and <i>Arenaria congesta</i> as common species. Graminoids (mainly <i>Poa</i> spp., <i>Koeleria macrantha, Carex elynoides</i>, and <i>Carex obtusata</i>) produce less standing crop than do the cushion forbs. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.33137.CEGL001980
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]
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  Translated: Cushion Phlox - Alpine Clover Herbaceous Vegetation
  Scientific: Phlox pulvinata - Trifolium dasyphyllum Herbaceous Vegetation
  Code: CEGL001980