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Artemisia cana (ssp. bolanderi, ssp. viscidula) / Poa fendleriana ssp. fendleriana Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Artemisia cana (ssp. bolanderi, ssp. viscidula) / Poa fendleriana ssp. fendleriana Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This community occurs on broad, low-gradient floodplains at moderate to high elevations where it occurs on dry terraces and inactive floodplains and on the dry margins of mid-elevation meadows. Elevations range from 1340 to 1710 m (4400-5600 feet) and as high as 2135 m (7000 feet) in the Warner Mountains. Soils are deep, easily eroded alluvium with surface textures of fine sandy to silty clay loams. Available water-holding capacity is moderately high. Water tables are within 2 feet of the soil surface in May and June, dropping to 4-5.5 feet below the soil surface in July through September. <i>Artemisia cana</i> is the dominant shrub. <i>Artemisia tridentata</i> (usually <i>ssp. vaseyana</i> but occasionally <i>ssp. tridentata</i>) is also common in some sites. <i>Poa fendleriana</i> is the dominant herbaceous species. Other common herbaceous species include <i>Koeleria macrantha, Elymus trachycaulus, Muhlenbergia richardsonis, Achnatherum occidentale ssp. occidentale, Carex praegracilis, Achillea millefolium, Symphyotrichum campestre var. bloomeri (= Aster campestris var. bloomeri)</i>, and <i>Cirsium foliosum</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.34061.CEGL001551
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: (Bolander Silver Sagebrush, Mountain Silver Sagebrush) / Muttongrass Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation
  Scientific: Artemisia cana (ssp. bolanderi, ssp. viscidula) / Poa fendleriana ssp. fendleriana Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation
  Code: CEGL001551