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Pinus flexilis / Artemisia tridentata Woodland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Pinus flexilis / Artemisia tridentata Woodland Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This association is currently described from the Mojave Desert Network, California and Nevada. Additional global information will be added as it becomes available. The association is found uncommonly in Death Valley National Park, California, at high elevations in the Panamint Mountains. It is found primarily on high ridges to upper slopes that typically have northerly or neutral (northwesterly to easterly) aspects, while other conifer types such as <i>Pinus monophylla</i> associations are found adjacent on southerly (warmer) aspects. Elevation ranges from approximately 2680 to 3110 m, and averages 2946 m. Slopes range from somewhat steep to steep (15 to 29°). Soils include sandy loam and are derived from sandstone or gneiss substrate. The association forms an open tree canopy in which tree cover ranges from 3 to 18%. The shrub layer is variable and ranges from 8 to 43% cover, and the herb understory is also variable and ranges from 1 to 2% cover. <i>Pinus flexilis</i> is dominant in the overstory tree layer, though sometimes it codominates with <i>Pinus monophylla</i>. The understory shrub layer is typically dominated or codominated by <i>Artemisia tridentata</i>, though <i>Artemisia arbuscula</i> is sometimes present and codominant. Other commonly associated shrubs include <i>Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus, Eriogonum umbellatum</i>, and <i>Ribes cereum</i>, and commonly associated herbs include <i>Castilleja applegatei, Elymus elymoides, Linanthus pungens</i>, and <i>Phlox stansburyi</i>.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:37545-{26AA3F1D-C5DB-4D6C-8B12-8A7E43C3BE72} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 01-May-2019 to: ongoing
	status: provisional Community's Parent: Pinus flexilis Intermountain Basins Forest & Woodland Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.857758   Code: CEPP009588   Translated: Limber Pine / Big Sagebrush Woodland   Scientific: Pinus flexilis / Artemisia tridentata Woodland