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Pinus monophylla - (Juniperus osteosperma) / Cercocarpus intricatus Woodland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Pinus monophylla - (Juniperus osteosperma) / Cercocarpus intricatus Woodland Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This association is currently described from the Great Basin National Park, Nevada. Additional global information will be added as it becomes available. This woodland association is known from elevations ranging from 2026-2406 m (6650-7891 feet) on flat to steep slopes. Sites include channel beds, gullies, low to high slopes, and ridges on all aspects. Substrates include alluvium, bedrock and colluvium derived of limestone, granite, quartzite, and schist. Soils are well- to rapidly drained and composed of sandy clay loam, sandy loam, loamy sand, silty clay loam, and clay sand. This association is characterized by a sparse to closed (10-65% cover) canopy codominated by <i>Pinus monophylla</i> and <i>Juniperus osteosperma</i>. The understory is characterized by sparse to open tall-shrub layer and subcanopy dominated by <i>Cercocarpus intricatus</i>. Other shrubs may be subdominant and include <i>Artemisia nova, Brickellia microphylla, Ephedra viridis, Glossopetalon spinescens, Peraphyllum ramosissimum</i>, and <i>Symphoricarpos longiflorus</i>. The herbaceous layer may be essentially absent or dominated by bunch grasses including <i>Poa fendleriana</i> and <i>Elymus elymoides</i>. Common forbs include <i>Arabis holboellii, Collinsia parviflora, Descurainia sophia, Eriogonum racemosum, Lathyrus brachycalyx, Petradoria pumila, Phlox longifolia</i>, and <i>Stephanomeria spinosa</i>.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:34196-{86F052B6-46D5-42FE-BB99-A000DD8956C3} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 01-May-2019 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Pinus monophylla - Juniperus osteosperma Shrubby Woodland Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.857866 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL005437   Translated: Singleleaf Pinyon - (Utah Juniper) / Littleleaf Mountain-mahogany Woodland   Scientific: Pinus monophylla - (Juniperus osteosperma) / Cercocarpus intricatus Woodland (convergence) and Synonyms: (similar) Pinus monophylla - (Juniperus osteosperma) / Cercocarpus intricatus Woodland