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Populus tremuloides / Mixed Shrubs / Cinder Woodland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Populus tremuloides / Mixed Shrubs / Cinder Woodland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This woodland association is currently only known from El Malpais National Monument in New Mexico, and the following description is based on occurrences there. Additional information will be added as it becomes available. This association occurs from 2365 to 2470 m (7760-8090 feet) elevation on steep sideslopes and the bottom of Bandera Crater. Litter is abundant along with patches of soil, gravel, and coarse woody debris. Cryptogamic cover is sparse. The mesic broadleaf, moderate canopy (40-60% canopy cover) is dominated by <i>Populus tremuloides</i>. In some stands, many of the trees are dead, but sucker regeneration can be seen, and sapling <i>Populus tremuloides</i> can be abundant. Conifers such as <i>Pinus ponderosa</i> and <i>Pseudotsuga menziesii</i> from the surrounding mixed conifer stands can be interspersed in the canopy, as well as occasional <i>Juniperus scopulorum</i> saplings or mature individuals in the subcanopy. The understory of this association is characteristically shrubby and dominated by <i>Ribes leptanthum, Holodiscus dumosus, Symphoricarpos oreophilus</i>, and <i>Rhus trilobata</i>. In contrast, the herbaceous stratum is poorly developed and is typically less than 5% cover; <i>Carex rossii, Poa fendleriana</i>, and <i>Piptatheropsis micrantha</i> are the most abundant graminoids. Forbs are few and low in cover, and may include <i>Artemisia campestris, Arabis fendleri, Packera neomexicana var. mutabilis, Achillea millefolium, Erigeron formosissimus</i>, and <i>Fragaria vesca</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:33802-{A1CA185D-7C6A-4C89-B6A6-6C2CA0201161}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 24-May-2010 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.839150 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL005034
  Translated: Quaking Aspen / Mixed Shrubs / Cinder Woodland
  Scientific: Populus tremuloides / Mixed Shrubs / Cinder Woodland
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(similar) Populus tremuloides / Mixed Shrubs / Cinder Woodland