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Dasiphora fruticosa / Festuca idahoensis Shrub Grassland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Dasiphora fruticosa / Festuca idahoensis Shrub Grassland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This association occurs infrequently in the mountains of southwestern Montana, northern Wyoming and southern Idaho. Elevation ranges from 1920-2600 m. Stands have been described from relatively mesic, gentle upland slopes with moderately deep soils derived from granitic parent materials in Montana, and on gently sloping to undulating alluvial benches along drainages in the mesic transition zone between riparian and dry upland areas in Wyoming and Idaho. However, these soils are deeper and derived from sedimentary rock such as sandstone, siltstone, and shale. This association has a dense and diverse herbaceous layer with a very sparse to moderately dense short-shrub layer (3-45% cover). The shrub layer has 3-25% canopy cover of <i>Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda</i>, which is a diagnostic species, and may have up to 20% cover of <i>Artemisia cana</i> in the alluvial bench stands. The herbaceous layer is dominated by medium-tall perennial graminoids with perennial forbs. The dominant/diagnostic graminoid species is <i>Festuca idahoensis</i>. <i>Danthonia intermedia</i> and <i>Carex obtusata</i> or several other <i>Carex</i> spp. often codominate. Forb species are diverse, with <i>Achillea millefolium, Geum triflorum, Agoseris glauca, Arenaria congesta, Besseya wyomingensis, Campanula rotundifolia, Fragaria virginiana</i>, and <i>Potentilla gracilis</i> being the most consistent. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:30411-{6BF96A07-703F-4445-80CF-3E5780AE53CA}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 3
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 22-Jan-2004 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689809 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL001502
  Translated: Shrubby-cinquefoil / Idaho Fescue Shrub Grassland
  Common: Shrubby-cinquefoil / Idaho Fescue Shrub Prairie
  Scientific: Dasiphora fruticosa / Festuca idahoensis Shrub Grassland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL001502
(similar) Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda / Festuca idahoensis Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation
(similar) Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda / Festuca idahoensis Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation