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Holodiscus discolor - Sambucus racemosa Shrubland | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Holodiscus discolor - Sambucus racemosa Shrubland
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This shrubland association is currently only known from Yosemite National Park in California, and the following description is based on occurrences there. Additional information will be added as it becomes available. The only known occurrence of this association is found at 2380 m (7800 feet) elevation on a moderately steep southeast slope. The stand is on the upper slope of a stony outcrop with vegetation growing in cracks on loamy sand derived from igneous parent material. This sparsely vegetated shrubland forms an open canopy 0.5 m in height codominated by <i>Holodiscus discolor, Penstemon newberryi</i>, and <i>Sambucus racemosa</i>. <i>Spiraea splendens var. splendens</i> rounds out the shrub canopy, and a few stunted individuals of <i>Pinus contorta var. murrayana</i> may be present. The herbaceous layer has several species, each with a trace of cover, including <i>Antennaria rosea, Cistanthe umbellata, Eriogonum incanum, Gayophytum humile, Hieracium horridum, Selaginella watsonii</i>, and/or <i>Viola purpurea</i>. Several graminoid species may be present in trace amounts including <i>Achnatherum latiglume, Achnatherum speciosum, Elymus elymoides, Juncus parryi</i>, and/or <i>Poa wheeleri</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.33605.CEGL003130
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.2.687968 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Translated: Oceanspray - Red Elderberry Shrubland
  Scientific: Holodiscus discolor - Sambucus racemosa Shrubland
  Code: CEGL003130