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Festuca arizonica - Muhlenbergia montana Grassland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Festuca arizonica - Muhlenbergia montana Grassland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This association occurs from 2135-3050 m (7000-10,000 feet) in elevation on gently to steeply sloping rocky sites at all aspects in forest openings or on mesa tops in Colorado, Texas, and possibly New Mexico and Arizona. This grassland community is dominated by <i>Festuca arizonica</i> and <i>Muhlenbergia montana</i>. Open <i>Pinus ponderosa</i> woodlands with similar understory species composition often occur adjacent to this association. Common graminoids and forbs present in lower abundance are <i>Bouteloua gracilis, Muhlenbergia filiculmis, Koeleria macrantha, Schizachyrium scoparium, Hymenoxys richardsonii, Antennaria parvifolia</i>, and <i>Arenaria fendleri</i>. <i>Festuca arizonica, Muhlenbergia montana</i>, and <i>Schizachyrium scoparium</i> are preferentially grazed and will be replaced by <i>Bouteloua gracilis, Artemisia frigida</i>, and <i>Hymenoxys richardsonii</i> with repeated heavy grazing. This association can be differentiated from ~<i>Muhlenbergia montana</i> Grassland (CEGL001646)$$ by the presence and often near equal abundance of <i>Festuca arizonica</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:30515-{B5215FF4-E931-4FAD-BDE1-DC136357222C}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 12-Jul-2002 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687955 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL001606
  Translated: Arizona Fescue - Mountain Muhly Grassland
  Scientific: Festuca arizonica - Muhlenbergia montana Grassland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL001606
(similar) Festuca arizonica - Muhlenbergia montana Herbaceous Vegetation
(similar) Festuca arizonica - Muhlenbergia montana Herbaceous Vegetation