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Dasiphora fruticosa Wet Shrubland Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Dasiphora fruticosa Wet Shrubland Alliance
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This alliance is dominated by <i>Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda</i>. Associated species on wetter sites include the shrub <i>Artemisia cana</i>; graminoids <i>Carex aquatilis, Carex buxbaumii, Carex microptera, Carex pachystachya, Deschampsia cespitosa, Festuca rubra, Juncus arcticus ssp. littoralis, Muhlenbergia filiformis</i>, and <i>Poa secunda</i>; and forbs such as <i>Trifolium longipes</i>. The drier sites typically are composed of a dense graminoid layer that includes <i>Andropogon gerardii, Festuca campestris, Festuca idahoensis</i>, and <i>Schizachyrium scoparium</i>. It is found on a wide variety of landforms at montane and subalpine elevations in the Rocky Mountains. Sites include glacial depressions, terraces along meandering streams, slopes near springs and seeps, steep scree slopes, or broad mountain meadows. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38141-{F41B7A93-8411-42DB-9ED2-E7F8221C2607}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Sep-2014 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.899053 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A0958
  Translated: Shrubby-cinquefoil Wet Shrubland Alliance
  Common: Rocky Mountain Shrubby-cinquefoil Wet Shrubland
  Scientific: Dasiphora fruticosa Wet Shrubland Alliance