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Festuca brachyphylla - Geum rossii var. turbinatum Alpine Turf | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Festuca brachyphylla - Geum rossii var. turbinatum Alpine Turf
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This association occurs in alpine dry turf and upper subalpine parks in the southern Rocky Mountains. Sites are upland and relatively xeric. Stands occur on all aspects of gentle to moderate-gradient slopes. Soils on are well-drained sandy loams. Cover of rock and bare soil is generally low and litter is high. Vegetation is characterized by a relatively open (disturbed) to moderately dense or dense short herbaceous layer dominated by <i>Festuca brachyphylla</i> with <i>Geum rossii</i> codominant. Associated species include <i>Achillea millefolium, Artemisia scopulorum, Carex rossii, Carex rupestris, Erigeron pinnatisectus, Erigeron simplex, Lupinus lepidus, Lupinus sericeus, Minuartia obtusiloba, Phlox multiflora, Polygonum bistortoides, Pseudocymopterus montanus, Solidago simplex</i> and <i>Trisetum spicatum</i>. The exotic <i>Taraxacum officinale</i> is often prevalent in many sites. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:30804-{8667B3B9-0D8B-4FE8-890A-7F568726358D}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 01-Dec-2004 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685917 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL001895
  Translated: Alpine Fescue - Ross' Avens Alpine Turf
  Scientific: Festuca brachyphylla - Geum rossii var. turbinatum Alpine Turf
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL001895
(similar) Festuca brachyphylla - Geum rossii var. turbinatum Herbaceous Vegetation
(similar) Festuca brachyphylla - Geum rossii var. turbinatum Herbaceous Vegetation