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Pinus monophylla - Juniperus osteosperma / Prunus virginiana Woodland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Pinus monophylla - Juniperus osteosperma / Prunus virginiana Woodland Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This association has been described from a small region in south-central Idaho at the southern end of the Albion Mountains, Cassia County, Idaho. It has also been reported from Nevada. Little information is available regarding the structure and composition of this association. Two evergreen needle-leaved trees dominate the canopy, <i>Pinus monophylla</i> and <i>Juniperus osteosperma</i>, with total cover of 30-70%. <i>Pinus monophylla</i> is always present, while the <i>Juniperus</i> is present with varying frequency. There is a tall-shrub layer dominated by the broad-leaved deciduous <i>Prunus virginiana</i>. The herbaceous understory is not described, but probably includes perennial bunchgrasses and forbs. This association occurs in a mountainous region that is part of the northern extension of the Basin and Range Province into Idaho. This region is characterized by a series of parallel mountain ranges oriented in a north-south direction. The intervening valleys are wide and floored with sediments from ancient Lake Bonneville. The southern Albion Mountains, where this association is found, are a complex of four gneiss domes, aligned along a north-south axis. Landforms associated with these domes include steep-sided ridges, and erosional features such as tors and linear rock ridges enclosing narrow canyons. Rock types include granodiorite, gneiss with bodies of schist, some quartzite, and lenses, pods and sheets of amphibolite.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:29745-{80F85277-B786-4B4D-96F6-4A57EBD42407} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 08-Nov-1993 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Pinus monophylla - Juniperus osteosperma Shrubby Woodland Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689656 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL000836   Translated: Singleleaf Pinyon - Utah Juniper / Chokecherry Woodland   Scientific: Pinus monophylla - Juniperus osteosperma / Prunus virginiana Woodland (convergence) and Synonyms: (similar) CEGL000836 (similar) Pinus monophylla - Juniperus osteosperma / Prunus virginiana Woodland (similar) Pinus monophylla - Juniperus osteosperma / Prunus virginiana Woodland