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Festuca idahoensis - Leucopoa kingii Grassland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Festuca idahoensis - Leucopoa kingii Grassland Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: The association purportedly occurs in the mountains of Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho. Composition and distribution data for the association are scant. High-elevation grassland stands of the Blackpine Mountains of southern Idaho are tentatively classified within this plant association. The stands occur on well-drained ribbon scree formations of steep, west-facing slopes with convex microtopographical configuration at 2655 m (8700 feet) elevation. The association appears to be restricted to high-elevation sites of intermediate productivity where combined factors of duration of snow cover, exposure to winter desiccation, and growing-season soil-moisture availability allow the occurrence of the association. <i>Leucopoa kingii</i> is well represented to abundant on this exposed, stabilized scree. <i>Festuca idahoensis</i> and <i>Pseudoroegneria spicata</i> are common to well represented. <i>Stenotus acaulis, Packera cana, Erigeron linearis</i>, and <i>Artemisia frigida</i> are common. <i>Leucopoa kingii</i> and <i>Pseudoroegneria spicata</i> codominate cushion plant associations occurring on adjacent more harsh, ridgetop sites. <i>Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana</i>-dominated stands are adjacent on less harsh downslope sites.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:30810-{BC1DA28D-D76C-429C-ADB1-08512774DA04} 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 - Carex scirpoidea - Danthonia intermedia Central Rocky Mountain Subalpine Dry Grassland Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688296 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL001901   Translated: Idaho Fescue - Spike Fescue Grassland   Scientific: Festuca idahoensis - Leucopoa kingii Grassland (convergence) and Synonyms: (similar) CEGL001901 (similar) Festuca idahoensis - Leucopoa kingii Herbaceous Vegetation (similar) Festuca idahoensis - Leucopoa kingii Herbaceous Vegetation