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Ribes cereum - Ribes montigenum - Dasiphora fruticosa Alpine Shrubland Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Ribes cereum - Ribes montigenum - Dasiphora fruticosa Alpine Shrubland Alliance
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: The vegetation is characterized by an open to moderately dense shrub layer dominated by <i>Ribes cereum, Ribes montigenum, Ericameria discoidea</i> (in Great Basin), or <i>Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda</i>. The herbaceous layer is typically sparse. Herbaceous species include a variety of subalpine and alpine indicator species such as <i>Artemisia michauxiana</i>. This alliance occurs in the alpine and upper subalpine zones of the Rocky Mountains and the high plateaus and mountain ranges in the Colorado Plateau and Great Basin. The vegetation in the alliance occurs as small patches in warm, dry microsites between rocks. Sites include rocky stable talus slopes and ridges, moraines and outcrops between 3350-3575 m elevation in Colorado. The ground is covered with cobble-sized rocks and is nearly blown free of snow in the winter. Soils are young and poorly developed. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38463-{A92C9F2B-F01D-40A8-B677-4829DD641F9E}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 14-Mar-2014 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.899300 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A3175
  Translated: Wax Currant - Gooseberry Currant - Shrubby-cinquefoil Alpine Shrubland Alliance
  Common: Currant - Shrubby-cinquefoil Alpine Shrubland
  Scientific: Ribes cereum - Ribes montigenum - Dasiphora fruticosa Alpine Shrubland Alliance