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Festuca idahoensis - Koeleria macrantha Grassland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Festuca idahoensis - Koeleria macrantha Grassland Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This association is described from sites on the dissected basalt plateaus, biscuit-and-swale (mound) formations, and high- and low-elevation canyon and mountain slopes of the lower Snake River drainage. Considerable variability in species composition occurs over this range of physical environmental settings. The association occurs on relatively deep loessal soils that overlay basalt rock or colluvium. The association includes the most productive grassland stands in the Blue Mountains ecoregional section. Stands occur on gentle to steep, northwest- to northeast-facing slopes at 370 to 2015 m (1200-6600 feet) elevation. This plant association is characterized by a dense sward of bunchgrasses and a rich assemblage of forbs. <i>Festuca idahoensis</i> is abundant. <i>Pseudoroegneria spicata</i> is often the codominant bunchgrass, though the presence of <i>Koeleria macrantha</i> on these sites is indicative of more mesic environments, compared to adjacent <i>Festuca idahoensis - Pseudoroegneria spicata</i> communities. Consistent associate forbs include <i>Triteleia grandiflora var. grandiflora, Frasera albicaulis, Castilleja hispida, Hieracium scouleri var. albertinum</i>, and <i>Arnica sororia</i>.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:30529-{691A6952-8AAD-4F99-AE71-7E63FF21908B} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Festuca idahoensis - Pseudoroegneria spicata - Pascopyrum smithii Mesic Grassland Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686449 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL001620   Translated: Idaho Fescue - Prairie Junegrass Grassland   Scientific: Festuca idahoensis - Koeleria macrantha Grassland (convergence) and Synonyms: (similar) CEGL001620 (similar) Festuca idahoensis - Koeleria macrantha Herbaceous Vegetation (similar) Festuca idahoensis - Koeleria macrantha Herbaceous Vegetation