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Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda / Festuca idahoensis Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda / Festuca idahoensis Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of... Description: This association occurs infrequently in the mountains of southwestern Montana, northern Wyoming and southern Idaho. Elevation ranges from 1920-2600 m. Stands have been described from relatively mesic, gentle upland slopes with moderately deep soils derived from granitic parent materials in Montana, and on gently sloping to undulating alluvial benches along drainages in the mesic transition zone between riparian and dry upland areas in Wyoming and Idaho. However, these soils are deeper and derived from sedimentary rock such as sandstone, siltstone, and shale. This association has a dense and diverse herbaceous layer with a very sparse to moderately dense short-shrub layer (3-45% cover). The shrub layer has 3-25% canopy cover of <i>Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda (= Pentaphylloides floribunda)</i>, which is a diagnostic species, and may have up to 20% cover of <i>Artemisia cana</i> in the alluvial bench stands. The herbaceous layer is dominated by medium-tall perennial graminoids with perennial forbs. The dominant/diagnostic graminoid species is <i>Festuca idahoensis</i>. <i>Danthonia intermedia</i> and <i>Carex obtusata</i> or several other <i>Carex</i> spp. often codominate. Forb species are diverse, with <i>Achillea millefolium, Geum triflorum, Agoseris glauca, Arenaria congesta, Besseya wyomingensis, Campanula rotundifolia, Fragaria virginiana</i>, and <i>Potentilla gracilis</i> being the most consistent.  Accession Code: VB.CC.33798.CEGL001502 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.2.689809 NatureServe Explorer   Common: Shrubby-cinquefoil / Idaho Fescue Shrub Prairie   Translated: Shrubby-cinquefoil / Idaho Fescue Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation   Scientific: Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda / Festuca idahoensis Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation   Code: CEGL001502