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Geum rossii Herbaceous Vegetation | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Geum rossii Herbaceous Vegetation
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This alpine meadow association occurs in the mountains of Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah and Nevada. This description is based on information from Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in Colorado. Additional global information will be added as it becomes available. This association occurs in cirque and valley floors, high colluvial slopes, and along ridgelines. The elevation ranges from 3700 to 3835 m on predominantly northwest-facing slopes. Slopes are generally steep and very rocky. Soils are well-drained and sandy loam or silt loam in texture. Ground surface cover can be variable with bare soil (0-20%), litter and duff (10-77%), gravel (0-15%), rock (2-20%), bedrock (0-15%), and mosses (0-40%). The herbaceous layer dominates this association with <i>Geum rossii var. turbinatum</i> ranging in cover from 20 to 50%. <i>Artemisia scopulorum</i> is also found within the majority of sites surveyed with up to 10% cover. Carices are present within all of the sampled sites (up to 20%) with a wide variety of species including <i>Carex heteroneura, Carex haydeniana, Carex elynoides, Carex microptera, Carex siccata (= Carex foenea var. foenea)</i>, and <i>Carex albonigra</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.33781.CEGL001964
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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  Common: Ross' Avens Dry Alpine Meadow
  Translated: Ross' Avens Herbaceous Vegetation
  Scientific: Geum rossii Herbaceous Vegetation
  Code: CEGL001964