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Phlox pulvinata - Trifolium dasyphyllum Alpine Fell-field | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Phlox pulvinata - Trifolium dasyphyllum Alpine Fell-field
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This alpine cushion-plant vegetation association has been named from Carter Mountain on the eastern side of the Absaroka Mountains in northwestern Wyoming. Stands of this type occur on moderately steep slopes in the lee of ridgetops. Soils are loamy to sandy loam in texture, moderately deep, stony throughout, and provide less water than soils on other topographic positions in the area. The vegetation, as described by standing crop rather than cover, consists mainly of <i>Phlox pulvinata</i> and <i>Trifolium dasyphyllum</i>, with <i>Artemisia scopulorum, Lomatium cous, Oxytropis parryi, Phlox multiflora</i>, and <i>Arenaria congesta</i> as common species. Graminoids (mainly <i>Poa</i> spp., <i>Koeleria macrantha, Carex elynoides</i>, and <i>Carex obtusata</i>) produce less standing crop than do the cushion forbs. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:30889-{A2763D6D-52EE-4E08-9247-C3572CEEBC49}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689781 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL001980
  Translated: Cushion Phlox - Alpine Clover Alpine Fell-field
  Scientific: Phlox pulvinata - Trifolium dasyphyllum Alpine Fell-field
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL001980
(similar) Phlox pulvinata - Trifolium dasyphyllum Herbaceous Vegetation
(similar) Phlox pulvinata - Trifolium dasyphyllum Herbaceous Vegetation