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Populus tremuloides / Tall Forbs Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Populus tremuloides / Tall Forbs Forest
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This <i>Populus tremuloides</i> forest is one of the most common and abundant aspen forest types in the Rocky Mountains. It occurs throughout mountainous areas and occurs on any aspect but tends to occur more often on north-facing slopes. It can be found on steep moist hillsides and often along narrow riparian areas. The broad-leaved deciduous tree canopy in dominated by <i>Populus tremuloides</i>. Low shrubs are virtually absent from this type. The undergrowth is characterized by a thick carpet of tall forbs (&lt;1 m) with no one species dominant. Tall forbs include <i>Agastache urticifolia, Delphinium x occidentale, Eucephalus engelmannii, Hackelia floribunda, Heracleum maximum, Mertensia arizonica, Osmorhiza occidentalis, Senecio serra</i>, and <i>Valeriana occidentalis</i>. Other herbaceous species are present, including graminoid species. Forb species in streambank stands can be different from hillside stands. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:29527-{AAE21DA3-DAAF-419A-B478-9021E072B4C8}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 13
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 10-Jan-2006 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689004 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL000618
  Translated: Quaking Aspen / Tall Forbs Forest
  Scientific: Populus tremuloides / Tall Forbs Forest
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL000618
(similar) Populus tremuloides / Tall Forbs Forest
(similar) Populus tremuloides / Tall Forbs Forest