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Picea pungens / Festuca arizonica Woodland | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Picea pungens / Festuca arizonica Woodland
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This blue spruce woodland association is currently described from Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona. It is also reported from Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming. More survey and classification work are needed to fully characterize this type. It occurs at approximately 2575 m (8450 feet) elevation in somewhat mesic environments. This vegetation type occurs in linear swathes along valley bottoms and cold-air drainages, while various other mixed-conifer associations occur on the adjacent sideslopes. Slopes are flat to low, and aspects are potentially variable. Soils are well-drained, fine-textured silt loams. <i>Populus tremuloides</i> dominates the canopy; however, the presence of <i>Picea pungens</i> both as an emergent and in the subcanopy is indicative of this association. Shrubs are essentially absent. <i>Festuca arizonica</i> dominates the understory, while <i>Carex</i> spp. can also be present. <i>Lupinus argenteus, Antennaria parvifolia</i>, and to some extent <i>Artemisia carruthii, Cirsium</i> sp., <i>Cryptantha setosissima</i>, and <i>Antennaria rosulata</i> are dominant components of the understory. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.33889.CEGL000895
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: Blue Spruce / Arizona Fescue Woodland
  Scientific: Picea pungens / Festuca arizonica Woodland
  Code: CEGL000895