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Abies concolor - Pseudotsuga menziesii / Carex siccata Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Abies concolor - Pseudotsuga menziesii / Carex siccata Forest
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This plant association is known only from a 370-m elevational band near the summits of mountains in two small mountain ranges in southeastern Arizona, the Pinaleno and Santa Catalina mountains. This high-elevation forest is codominated by <i>Abies concolor</i> and <i>Pseudotsuga menziesii</i> with infrequent <i>Abies lasiocarpa</i>. Shrub cover is usually low, but <i>Acer glabrum</i> can be common on moister sites. The ground is covered by a dense sod dominated by <i>Carex siccata</i> often with <i>Bromus ciliatus var. richardsonii, Poa pratensis, Carex rossii</i>. Common forbs include <i>Achillea millefolium var. occidentalis, Campanula rotundifolia, Fragaria virginiana ssp. glauca, Geranium richardsonii, Hymenoxys hoopesii, Lathyrus lanszwertii var. leucanthus, Pteridium aquilinum, Pseudocymopterus montanus, Senecio wootonii</i>, and <i>Vicia americana</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:29153-{62CD4C55-89CE-4401-8BDF-F82579B2BD2A}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 14-Dec-2018 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685297 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL000244
  Translated: White Fir - Douglas-fir / Dry-spike Sedge Forest
  Scientific: Abies concolor - Pseudotsuga menziesii / Carex siccata Forest
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL000244
(similar) Abies concolor - Pseudotsuga menziesii / Carex siccata Forest
(similar) Abies concolor / Carex siccata Forest