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Rubus idaeus Scree Shrubland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Rubus idaeus Scree Shrubland Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This association occurs on very steep, rock outcrop, talus and scree slopes in the subalpine to alpine tundra in the southern Rocky Mountains. Stands typically occur on warm, xeric sites on coarse, stable and fine, unstable scree slopes. The ground is covered with cobbles or boulders and is nearly blown free of snow during the winter. Soils are young and poorly developed because of low soil temperature and soil moisture during the summer and a short growing season. Soils are classified as Cryorthents. The vegetation is characterized by an open shrub layer often growing in soil pockets between larger rocks. <i>Rubus idaeus</i> dominates the low-shrub layer (&lt;1 m tall). Other shrubs may be present, such as <i>Holodiscus dumosus</i> and <i>Ribes inerme</i>. The herbaceous layer is open to sparse and composed of a mixture of grasses, such as <i>Elymus elymoides, Festuca brachyphylla, Trisetum spicatum</i>, and forbs <i>Aquilegia coerulea, Chamerion angustifolium, Cirsium scopulorum, Erigeron lonchophyllus, Erigeron simplex, Galium boreale, Heterotheca villosa, Oxyria digyna, Polemonium viscosum</i>, and <i>Valeriana edulis</i>. Dominance of <i>Rubus idaeus</i> on scree or other rocky surface is diagnostic of this association.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:30043-{451F676C-09E9-4911-9A04-D8C6EA07ECF9} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 20-Jun-2005 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Aletes anisatus - Holodiscus dumosus - Rubus idaeus Cliff, Scree & Rock Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687301 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL001134   Translated: American Red Raspberry Scree Shrubland   Scientific: Rubus idaeus Scree Shrubland (convergence) and Synonyms: (similar) CEGL001134 (similar) Rubus idaeus Scree Shrubland (similar) Rubus idaeus Scree Shrubland