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Pinus flexilis / Pseudoroegneria spicata Woodland | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Pinus flexilis / Pseudoroegneria spicata Woodland
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This limber pine woodland is a dry evergreen woodland found in the northern Rocky Mountains and adjacent northwestern Great Plains of the United States. Soils are dry, shallow, and rocky. The parent material is commonly limestone or sandstone, and there is a significant amount of unvegetated ground. The woodland overstory is dominated by <i>Pinus flexilis</i>, with lesser amounts of <i>Juniperus scopulorum</i>. Shrubs are present but not common. They are typically low shrubs, such as <i>Opuntia</i> spp. and <i>Yucca glauca</i>. The most common species of the herbaceous layer is <i>Pseudoroegneria spicata</i>. Other graminoids are <i>Bouteloua gracilis, Leucopoa kingii (= Festuca kingii), Koeleria macrantha</i>, and <i>Achnatherum hymenoides (= Oryzopsis hymenoides)</i>. Forbs species typical of this community are <i>Draba</i> spp., <i>Liatris</i> spp., and <i>Phlox</i> spp. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.33626.CEGL000813
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.2.685042 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Translated: Limber Pine / Bluebunch Wheatgrass Woodland
  Scientific: Pinus flexilis / Pseudoroegneria spicata Woodland
  Code: CEGL000813