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Antennaria microphylla - Artemisia scopulorum Alpine Meadow | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Antennaria microphylla - Artemisia scopulorum Alpine Meadow
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This alpine vegetation type apparently has been described only from three stands at about 3265 m (10,700 feet) elevation on Carter Mountain along the eastern edge of the Absaroka Mountains in northwestern Wyoming. Stands of this association occur on the lower portions of relatively steep, leeward slopes where snow accumulation is thought to be moderate. The vegetation consists of a single strata of scattered forbs, graminoids, and cushion plants up to 20 cm tall, with <i>Antennaria microphylla</i> and <i>Artemisia scopulorum</i> contributing 25% of the standing crop of herbage. Other forbs contributing substantial standing crop are <i>Achillea millefolium, Oxytropis parryi, Cerastium arvense</i>, and <i>Lomatium cous</i>. Graminoids contribute about 24% of the standing crop, and the most abundant taxa are <i>Poa</i> spp., <i>Koeleria macrantha, Festuca rubra</i>, and <i>Carex elynoides</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:30756-{372EF384-16E9-417C-9E90-0077A1E42DAB}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684490 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL001847
  Translated: Littleleaf Pussytoes - Alpine Sagebrush Alpine Meadow
  Scientific: Antennaria microphylla - Artemisia scopulorum Alpine Meadow
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) Antennaria microphylla - Artemisia scopulorum Herbaceous Vegetation
(similar) CEGL001847
(similar) Antennaria microphylla - Artemisia scopulorum Herbaceous Vegetation