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Cercocarpus ledifolius / Arctostaphylos patula Woodland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Cercocarpus ledifolius / Arctostaphylos patula Woodland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This woodland association is described only from Cedar Breaks and Bryce Canyon national parks in southwest Utah. Stands occur from 2140 to 2713 m (7000-8900 feet) in elevation, on gentle to steep slopes with southern exposure. Soils are rapidly drained sandy loams and sandy clay loams. One stand occurs as a dense thicket along a creek, on colluvium washed down a side drainage. This is an open-statured woodland characterized by a canopy of <i>Cercocarpus ledifolius</i>, which can be considered a tall shrub or a low tree. Scattered emergent conifer trees may also be present, including <i>Pseudotsuga menziesii, Pinus ponderosa, Juniperus scopulorum</i>, and/or <i>Pinus edulis</i>; these generally do not have more than a quarter to half the cover of <i>Cercocarpus ledifolius</i>. The shrub layer present is open and patchy and dominated by short-statured <i>Arctostaphylos patula</i>. A few taller shrubs may be present in low abundance, including <i>Amelanchier utahensis</i> and <i>Cercocarpus montanus</i>. Other short shrubs include <i>Symphoricarpos oreophilus, Ericameria nauseosa</i>, and <i>Mahonia repens</i>. The herbaceous layer is very sparse to absent. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:34118-{01D356F2-4C2C-4CDD-963B-5DD53E90995E}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 06-Apr-2012 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.815326 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL005355
  Translated: Curl-leaf Mountain-mahogany / Greenleaf Manzanita Woodland
  Scientific: Cercocarpus ledifolius / Arctostaphylos patula Woodland
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