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Populus tremuloides / Sambucus racemosa Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Populus tremuloides / Sambucus racemosa Forest
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This quaking aspen forest association occurs in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado and Utah. This description is based on information from Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in Colorado. Additional global information will be added as it becomes available. This association is known from a moderately steep toeslope at 3106 m elevation. The surveyed stand is southeast-facing. Soils are somewhat poorly drained loams. Litter and duff are the dominant ground cover, but wood has significant cover. The sampled stand appears to be early-successional. <i>Populus tremuloides</i> is present with &gt;60% cover in a multi-layered canopy with heights ranging from 5-20 m tall. The short-shrub layer is dominated by <i>Sambucus racemosa</i> with 20% cover. The herbaceous layer has 5-15% graminoid cover and 25-35% forb cover. Dominant graminoid species include <i>Carex siccata</i> and <i>Calamagrostis canadensis</i>. Dominant forb species include <i>Chamerion angustifolium, Thalictrum fendleri</i>, and <i>Maianthemum stellatum</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:29514-{38D9E696-84B1-437A-8EF8-2A74E749A9F6}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 07-May-2010 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689816 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL000605
  Translated: Quaking Aspen / Red Elderberry Forest
  Scientific: Populus tremuloides / Sambucus racemosa Forest
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