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Festuca idahoensis - Carex obtusata Grassland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Festuca idahoensis - Carex obtusata Grassland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This dry meadow vegetation type has been described from the Bighorn Mountain of north-central Wyoming and may extend north into Montana on the Bighorns. Stands occur on a variety of soil types on upland slopes and broad ridgetops. The composition of the vegetation depends in part on soil type; graminoid cover reaches its maximum in stands on coarse-textured soils derived from granitic bedrock, and forb cover reaches its maximum in stands on finer-textured soils derived from sedimentary bedrock. <i>Festuca idahoensis</i> dominates most stands. <i>Carex obtusata</i> is the codominant or major subdominant species on coarse-textured soils derived from granitic bedrock, while <i>Lupinus sericeus</i> codominates or is subdominant on finer-textured soils derived from sedimentary bedrock. Other common species are <i>Elymus lanceolatus ssp. lanceolatus, Koeleria macrantha, Poa secunda, Achillea millefolium, Agoseris glauca, Galium boreale</i>, and <i>Geum triflorum</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:30520-{0926F38E-D8EC-4F05-97FB-AEFF47ACA606}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685985 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL001611
  Translated: Idaho Fescue - Obtuse Sedge Grassland
  Scientific: Festuca idahoensis - Carex obtusata Grassland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL001611
(similar) Festuca idahoensis - Carex obtusata Herbaceous Vegetation
(similar) Festuca idahoensis - Carex obtusata Herbaceous Vegetation