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Artemisia arbuscula ssp. arbuscula / Festuca idahoensis Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Artemisia arbuscula ssp. arbuscula / Festuca idahoensis Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This dwarf sagebrush shrub herbaceous association occurs from 1525 to 2775 m (5000-9100 feet) elevation. It occurs on dry, exposed moderate slopes, on undulating to rolling topography, lower mountain toeslopes, inaccessible ridges, and on very steep canyon talus slopes. Soils are shallow or moderately deep, from well- to moderately well-developed. <i>Artemisia arbuscula</i> is the characteristic and predominant low shrub, although it can be obscured by the grass cover. Cover of the low shrub is scattered and open (8-30%). <i>Festuca idahoensis</i> is the dominant understory grass (3-36% cover), with <i>Pseudoroegneria spicata</i> usually present, but can often be absent (0-25%). <i>Koeleria macrantha (= Koeleria cristata), Poa secunda (= Poa sandbergii), Achnatherum thurberianum (= Stipa thurberiana)</i>, and <i>Elymus elymoides (= Sitanion hystrix)</i> are typical co-occurring grasses. Common forbs include <i>Phlox hoodii, Phlox longifolia, Antennaria rosea, Crepis acuminata, Senecio integerrimus, Balsamorhiza</i> ssp., <i>Eriogonum</i> spp., and <i>Erigeron compositus</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.34646.CEGL001409
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: Little Sagebrush / Idaho Fescue Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation
  Scientific: Artemisia arbuscula ssp. arbuscula / Festuca idahoensis Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation
  Code: CEGL001409