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Festuca idahoensis - Leucopoa kingii Herbaceous Vegetation | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Festuca idahoensis - Leucopoa kingii Herbaceous Vegetation
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: The association purportedly occurs in the mountains of Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho. Composition and distribution data for the association are scant. High-elevation grassland stands of the Blackpine Mountains of southern Idaho are tentatively classified within this plant association. The stands occur on well-drained ribbon scree formations of steep, west-facing slopes with convex microtopographical configuration at 2655 m (8700 feet) elevation. The association appears to be restricted to high-elevation sites of intermediate productivity where combined factors of duration of snow cover, exposure to winter desiccation, and growing-season soil-moisture availability allow the occurrence of the association. <i>Leucopoa kingii (= Festuca kingii)</i> is well represented to abundant on this exposed, stabilized scree. <i>Festuca idahoensis</i> and <i>Pseudoroegneria spicata</i> are common to well represented. <i>Stenotus acaulis (= Haplopappus acaulis), Packera cana (= Senecio canus), Erigeron linearis</i>, and <i>Artemisia frigida</i> are common. <i>Leucopoa kingii</i> and <i>Pseudoroegneria spicata</i> codominate cushion plant associations occurring on adjacent more harsh, ridgetop sites. <i>Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana</i>-dominated stands are adjacent on less harsh downslope sites. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.33682.CEGL001901
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: Idaho Fescue - Spike Fescue Herbaceous Vegetation
  Scientific: Festuca idahoensis - Leucopoa kingii Herbaceous Vegetation
  Code: CEGL001901