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Ribes montigenum Shrubland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Ribes montigenum Shrubland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This association occurs in small patches in openings between trees in the subalpine, lower, stabilized portion of scree slopes and along small drainages near patches of krummholz (near treeline) in the upper subalpine and lower alpine of the southern Rocky Mountains. Sites are often sloping, xeric, warm, with low cover of winter snow. Slope can range from gentle to steep (1-100%), and aspect is also variable but tends to be warmer especially at higher elevation. The stands often occur in rocky drainages or on shallow benches where running water or snowmelt collects and contributes to seasonally moist soil conditions. Substrates tend to be rocky, with vegetation often growing in pockets of soil between the rocks. The soil ranges from sandy to loamy to clayey but typically has moderate to high organic content. Depending on slope position and substrate, the soil can be somewhat poorly drained to rapidly drained. Bedrock and large rock combined make up 15-35% of the plot's ground cover. Leaf litter and duff cover is often high, 10-35% of the ground surface. The vegetation is characterized by a moderately dense to dense shrub layer &lt;1 m tall dominated by <i>Ribes montigenum</i>. Other shrubs present may include <i>Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda, Salix brachycarpa, Salix planifolia, Vaccinium myrtillus, Sambucus racemosa, Ribes laxiflorum</i>, or <i>Rubus idaeus</i>. The herbaceous layer is moderately dense and composed of a mixture of grasses such as <i>Carex hoodii, Elymus trachycaulus</i>, and forbs <i>Achillea millefolium, Aquilegia coerulea, Campanula rotundifolia, Erigeron elatior, Polemonium pulcherrimum, Penstemon whippleanus, Pseudocymopterus montanus</i>, and <i>Thalictrum sparsiflorum</i>. Diagnostic of this shrubland association is the dominance of <i>Ribes montigenum</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:30042-{3ABEEC88-CDD1-4497-A120-09460757B053}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 20-Jun-2005 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689709 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL001133
  Translated: Gooseberry Currant Shrubland
  Scientific: Ribes montigenum Shrubland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL001133
(similar) Ribes montigenum Shrubland
(similar) Ribes montigenum Shrubland