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Pinus ponderosa / Juniperus communis Woodland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Pinus ponderosa / Juniperus communis Woodland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This ponderosa pine / common juniper community type is found on moderate north- and west-facing slopes in the northern Rocky Mountain foothills and adjacent Great Plains of the United States. The parent material is most often limestone but it can be igneous rock. The soils are shallow and loamy. This community is a woodland dominated by <i>Pinus ponderosa</i> with occasional individuals of <i>Juniperus scopulorum, Picea glauca, Betula papyrifera</i>, and <i>Populus tremuloides</i> in the canopy. There is a prominent low-shrub layer composed largely of <i>Juniperus communis</i>, although <i>Arctostaphylos uva-ursi</i> and <i>Mahonia repens</i> are frequently represented in this type. The herb layer is sparse and made up mostly of graminoids such as <i>Schizachyrium scoparium</i> and <i>Carex inops ssp. heliophila</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:29768-{3E524010-357C-4AC3-A004-89B4C218DBC8}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 13
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 01-Jun-2005 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685332 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL000859
  Translated: Ponderosa Pine / Common Juniper Woodland
  Common: Ponderosa Pine / Common Juniper Woodland
  Scientific: Pinus ponderosa / Juniperus communis Woodland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL000859
(similar) Pinus ponderosa / Juniperus communis Woodland
(similar) Pinus ponderosa / Juniperus communis Woodland