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Pinus ponderosa / Artemisia nova Woodland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Pinus ponderosa / Artemisia nova Woodland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This Colorado Plateau woodland has been reported from mountains and plateaus in southern Utah and northern Arizona. Stands occur on rocky ridges and benches with various aspects. Elevation ranges from 2100-2750 m (6900-9000 feet). Substrates are typically shallow, gravelly loam, clay loam or silt loam soils derived from basalt or a mix of colluvial shale and sandstone, sometimes with an impermeable subsurface horizon that restricts rooting. Some sites are known to have seasonally high water tables. The vegetation is characterized by an open tree canopy (5-30% cover) that is dominated by <i>Pinus ponderosa</i>. Scattered <i>Juniperus scopulorum</i> or <i>Pinus flexilis</i> trees may also be present. <i>Artemisia nova</i> or <i>Artemisia arbuscula</i> dominates the typically sparse dwarf-shrub layer with 5-20% cover. Occasionally, this association may occur as a very sparse woodland, with total vegetation cover not exceeding 15%. Other shrub species present may include <i>Purshia tridentata, Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus, Ericameria parryi, Gutierrezia sarothrae, Quercus gambelii, Symphoricarpos oreophilus</i>, and <i>Tetradymia canescens</i>. If <i>Quercus gambelii</i> is present, it has less than 5% cover and much less cover than <i>Artemisia</i>. The sparse herbaceous layer (&lt;10% cover) is primarily composed of graminoids with scattered forbs and includes <i>Achnatherum hymenoides, Bouteloua gracilis, Carex rossii, Elymus elymoides, Leymus salinus, Piptatheropsis micrantha, Poa fendleriana, Poa secunda, Eriogonum alatum, Eriogonum racemosum, Opuntia</i> spp., and <i>Penstemon caespitosus</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:29755-{1344C156-9B18-4585-9E3A-2ED7AF25C428}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 1
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 25-Oct-2018 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683460 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL000846
  Translated: Ponderosa Pine / Black Sagebrush Woodland
  Scientific: Pinus ponderosa / Artemisia nova Woodland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL000846
(similar) Pinus ponderosa / Artemisia nova Woodland
(similar) Pinus ponderosa / Artemisia nova Woodland