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Juniperus osteosperma / Cercocarpus montanus Woodland | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Juniperus osteosperma / Cercocarpus montanus Woodland
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This is a low, shrubby woodland type growing on shallow, rocky soils on hogbacks, ridges and colluvial slopes in south-central Wyoming, western Colorado and adjacent Utah. The sites on which this vegetation grows are sometimes classified as the shallow breaks range site (Warren n.d.). <i>Juniperus osteosperma</i> and <i>Cercocarpus montanus</i> occur together in either a wooded shrubland or woodland form, depending on the relative cover of the two dominant species. Occasionally the junipers are stunted and grow no taller than the mountain-mahogany. Sparse grasses dominate the understory, including <i>Pseudoroegneria spicata, Poa secunda, Pleuraphis jamesii</i>, and <i>Hesperostipa comata</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.33870.CEGL000735
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
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  Translated: Utah Juniper / Alderleaf Mountain-mahogany Woodland
  Scientific: Juniperus osteosperma / Cercocarpus montanus Woodland
  Code: CEGL000735