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Phyllodoce empetriformis Parkland Alpine Dwarf-shrubland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Phyllodoce empetriformis Parkland Alpine Dwarf-shrubland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This shrubland association is currently only described from Oregon. It is reported from Washington and may also occur in California and British Columbia. Additional global information will be added as it becomes available. This dwarf-shrubland is abundant in subalpine and alpine settings in the eastern Cascade Range at elevations ranging from 1740 m to more than 2135 m (5700-7000 feet). Sampled plots were located in the Three Sisters and Mount Jefferson Wilderness Areas (Deschutes National Forest) and in Wallowa Mountains. It has also been seen at high elevations throughout the Wallowas and in the Elkhorn and Strawberry mountains. The association is probably found at other locations in the Cascade Range such as Crater Lake National Park, Mount Thielson (Winema National Forest), and Mount Washington (Deschutes National Forest). Sites are well-drained streambanks and floodplains or moderate to steeply-sloping, moist, rocky sites below snowbanks and springs. Soils are well-drained alluvium. The surface soils on streambanks and floodplains are coarse textured, well-drained, and often have a high percentage of gravels and cobbles deposited by periodic floods. Meadows have finer-textured, well-drained, loamy sands. This association is dominated by woody vegetation, especially <i>Phyllodoce empetriformis</i>. Dwarfed <i>Tsuga mertensiana</i> or shrubs such as <i>Vaccinium deliciosum, Pyrola</i> sp., or <i>Cassiope mertensiana</i> are often common. Dwarfed willows such as <i>Salix eastwoodiae, Salix commutata</i>, and <i>Salix boothii</i> are often codominant with <i>Phyllodoce empetriformis</i>. Common forbs and graminoids include <i>Carex nigricans, Juncus drummondii, Oreostemma alpigenum var. alpigenum, Ligusticum grayi</i>, and <i>Potentilla flabellifolia</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:30313-{1A6A73F9-CC10-4F1F-9D11-DEFBCE5608A7}
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      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 16-Jul-2018 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687278 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL001404
  Translated: Pink Mountain-heath Parkland Alpine Dwarf-shrubland
  Scientific: Phyllodoce empetriformis Parkland Alpine Dwarf-shrubland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL001404
(similar) Phyllodoce empetriformis Parkland Dwarf-shrubland
(similar) Phyllodoce empetriformis Parkland Dwarf-shrubland