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Pinus aristata / Vaccinium myrtillus Woodland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Pinus aristata / Vaccinium myrtillus Woodland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This woodland association is currently only known from Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in Colorado, and the following description is based on occurrences there. Additional information will be added as it becomes available. This association is documented from a colluvial slope at 3364 m in elevation. The site faces south-southwest and has a slope of 21°. Litter and duff cover about half of the ground, with small rocks and bare soil splitting the other half. Soil is a well-drained loamy sand. <i>Pinus aristata</i> grows in a nearly pure stand with trace amounts of <i>Picea engelmannii</i> and <i>Populus tremuloides</i>. <i>Vaccinium myrtillus</i> forms a dwarf-shrub layer of 20% cover. <i>Juniperus communis</i> and <i>Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda</i> are present as short shrubs with &lt;5% cover. Herbaceous species include <i>Festuca thurberi, Fragaria virginiana</i>, and <i>Lupinus argenteus</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:31797-{98134CC0-B7CD-4259-8B4F-C866DCD9122E}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 06-May-2010 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684320 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL002895
  Translated: Bristlecone Pine / Whortleberry Woodland
  Scientific: Pinus aristata / Vaccinium myrtillus Woodland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) Pinus aristata / Vaccinium myrtillus Woodland
(similar) CEGL002895
(similar) Pinus aristata / Vaccinium myrtillus Woodland