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Artemisia arbuscula ssp. longiloba Shrubland | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Artemisia arbuscula ssp. longiloba Shrubland
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This alkali sagebrush shrubland is known from Fossil Butte National Monument in southwestern Wyoming and Jarbridge Mountains in northeastern Nevada but likely is more widespread. In the southern portion of the monument in Wyoming, it is distributed as large patches or stands on fine-textured alkaline soils on slopes, valley floors, interfluves, drainages and ridges, on gentle (1- to 10-degree) slopes oriented to all aspects, except northern, between 2030 and 2374 m elevation. The unvegetated surface has low to high exposure of bare soil, low to high cover of small and large rocks, litter, and downed wood. Soils are moderately well-drained to rapidly drained and texturally are clay loam or clay. The vegetation is characterized by a sparse to moderate short-shrub layer dominated by <i>Artemisia arbuscula ssp. longiloba</i> (4-40% cover) without a significant understory. This association also includes sparsely vegetated stands as total vegetation cover ranges from 8-75%. The shrub layer includes other short and dwarf-shrubs, such as <i>Amelanchier utahensis, Artemisia tridentata ssp. tridentata, Atriplex gardneri, Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus, Ericameria nauseosa, Krascheninnikovia lanata</i>, or <i>Symphoricarpos oreophilus</i>, that provide sparse cover. If present, the herbaceous cover is sparse and variable with scattered grasses and forbs. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.33929.CEGL001414
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Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
     
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  Translated: Alkali Sagebrush Shrubland
  Code: CEGL001414
  Scientific: Artemisia arbuscula ssp. longiloba Shrubland