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Philadelphus lewisii / Penstemon deustus Open Shrubland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Philadelphus lewisii / Penstemon deustus Open Shrubland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: An open shrub canopy is characteristic of this association of the intermountain western U.S. The shrub layer is dominated by <i>Philadelphus lewisii</i>, though individuals tend to be widely spaced and total shrub cover is sparse. <i>Chamaebatiaria millefolium</i> may also occur occasionally in the shrub stratum. The minimal herbaceous layer has very few graminoids, but <i>Elymus elymoides</i> occurs with some regularity. Forb cover is also very low but <i>Penstemon deustus</i> is always present and is a characteristic species in this association. Other common forbs include <i>Aliciella leptomeria, Potentilla glandulosa</i>, and <i>Pteryxia terebinthina</i>. This association, like all associations in ~Inter-Mountain Basins Volcanic Rock and Cinder Land (CES304.791)$$, is limited to barren and sparsely vegetated volcanic substrates of basalt and basaltic andesite origin, including tuffs, cinder cones, spatter cones, pressure plateaus, or cinder fields. It may occur in large-patch, small-patch or linear spatial patterns. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:34352-{DC30A937-D7E4-4CDE-973A-626F7133C80A}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 04-Apr-2017 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.947983 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL005602
  Translated: Lewis' Mock Orange / Scabland Penstemon Open Shrubland
  Scientific: Philadelphus lewisii / Penstemon deustus Open Shrubland