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Picea pungens / Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Picea pungens / Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Forest
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This is a minor forest type, occurring in small patches on warm, dry and steep south-facing slopes and ridges between 2410 and 2800 m (7000-9200 feet) elevation. It is known primarily from the San Juan Mountains of southern Colorado, northern New Mexico, and along the high plateaus of southern Utah. Stands are a mixed canopy of <i>Picea pungens</i> with <i>Pseudotsuga menziesii</i> and <i>Pinus ponderosa</i>. In fact, the presence of <i>Picea pungens</i> is the indicator for this association, even though the combined cover of other conifers present may exceed that of blue spruce. Occasionally <i>Abies concolor</i> and <i>Pinus flexilis</i> are also present to abundant. <i>Populus tremuloides</i> may be abundant in recently disturbed stands. <i>Arctostaphylos uva-ursi</i> is characteristic in the low-shrub canopy, with other shrubs that may be present including <i>Symphoricarpos oreophilus, Juniperus communis</i>, and <i>Mahonia repens</i>. Graminoids include <i>Festuca arizonica</i> and <i>Carex rossii</i>, and forbs such as <i>Cirsium calcareum, Fragaria virginiana ssp. glauca</i>, and <i>Arenaria fendleri</i> may be present in the stand. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:29294-{8E0D8FC0-450A-4C0D-86CF-B025CA13F2C5}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 21-Dec-2018 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684208 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL000385
  Translated: Blue Spruce / Kinnikinnick Forest
  Scientific: Picea pungens / Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Forest
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