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Pinus ponderosa / Purshia tridentata / Carex inops ssp. inops Forest | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Pinus ponderosa / Purshia tridentata / Carex inops ssp. inops Forest
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This forest is endemic to the eastern Cascades of central Oregon. It is found on a narrow elevational belt between 1500-1800 m (4900-5900 feet) on level slopes (1-10%) of all aspects. Soils are loamy coarse sand to sandy loams which are well-drained. It is possible that it occurs in deep, recent pumice outcrops in northern California, but it has not been documented there. <i>Pinus ponderosa</i> (10-40% cover) and <i>Pinus contorta</i> (1-20% cover) partially shade an understory of <i>Purshia tridentata</i> (7-40% cover), <i>Achnatherum occidentale ssp. occidentale (= Stipa occidentalis)</i> (trace-10% cover), and the diagnostic species, <i>Carex inops ssp. inops</i>. Other plants which may be present include <i>Arctostaphylos patula, Ceanothus velutinus, Carex rossii, Elymus elymoides ssp. elymoides (= Sitanion hystrix), Achillea millefolium, Eriogonum umbellatum</i>, and <i>Machaeranthera canescens (= Aster canescens)</i>. This association is well-adapted to periodic fires. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.33188.CEGL000193
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: Ponderosa Pine / Antelope Bitterbrush / Long-stolon Sedge Forest
  Scientific: Pinus ponderosa / Purshia tridentata / Carex inops ssp. inops Forest
  Code: CEGL000193