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Vaccinium caespitosum - (Salix farriae) / Danthonia intermedia Dwarf-shrubland |
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Name: Vaccinium caespitosum - (Salix farriae) / Danthonia intermedia Dwarf-shrubland
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Description: This short shrubland occurs along the dry transitions of alpine/subalpine wetlands that are associated with meandering streams and fen-shrublands in the western Thompson-Okanogan Plateau (Northeast Cascades). It was sampled at 1784 and 2010 m (5850 and 6590 feet) elevation in low-gradient, broad and moderately broad valleys. Soils were loamy that dry relatively deep. <i>Vaccinium caespitosum</i> codominates an open short-shrub layer with slightly taller shrubs, either <i>Salix farriae, Salix planifolia</i>, or <i>Betula glandulosa</i>. The ground cover is primarily <i>Danthonia intermedia</i> with scattered <i>Calamagrostis canadensis</i> and <i>Achillea millefolium</i>. Both wet-site species <i>Carex scopulorum var. bracteosa</i> and <i>Carex nigricans</i> and drier-site species <i>Festuca saximontana, Phleum alpinum</i>, or <i>Trisetum spicatum</i> may be present but never abundant. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.36537.CEGL000484
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Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
     
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Names:   Translated: Dwarf Bilberry - (Farr's Willow) / Timber Oatgrass Dwarf-shrubland
  Scientific: Vaccinium caespitosum - (Salix farriae) / Danthonia intermedia Dwarf-shrubland
  Code: CEGL000484
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686775 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo