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Cirsium scopulorum - Polemonium viscosum Alpine Sparse Meadow | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Cirsium scopulorum - Polemonium viscosum Alpine Sparse Meadow
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This high-elevation herbaceous association occurs in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. This description is based on information from Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in Colorado. Additional global information will be added as it becomes available. This association is known from mid to high talus, scree, and colluvial slopes at 3525 to 3890 m elevation. Slope ranges from moderate to very steep (19-45°) with variable aspects. Soils are rapidly drained sandy loam, loamy sand, sand, and sandy clay. Stands are dominated by rock cover (25-95%) and gravel (0-58%). There is evidence of marmot and pika in the sampled areas. Herbaceous vegetation is sparse with less than 10% cover. <i>Cirsium scopulorum</i> has the greatest cover (up to 10%) along with <i>Polemonium viscosum</i> (up to 3%). Other frequent species with trace amounts of cover include <i>Trisetum spicatum, Trifolium dasyphyllum, Silene acaulis var. subacaulescens, Senecio fremontii, Geum rossii var. turbinatum</i>, and <i>Festuca brachyphylla</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:30868-{4260FD92-4327-4012-A901-2F0928408836}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 07-May-2010 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687625 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL001959
  Translated: Mountain Thistle - Sticky Jacob's-ladder Alpine Sparse Meadow
  Scientific: Cirsium scopulorum - Polemonium viscosum Alpine Sparse Meadow
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL001959
(similar) Cirsium scopulorum - Polemonium viscosum Herbaceous Vegetation
(similar) Cirsium scopulorum - Polemonium viscosum Herbaceous Vegetation