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Menziesia ferruginea - Spiraea betulifolia Montane-Subalpine Shrubland Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Menziesia ferruginea - Spiraea betulifolia Montane-Subalpine Shrubland Alliance
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: Vegetation is dominated by <i>Menziesia ferruginea</i> and/or <i>Spiraea betulifolia</i>. Other shrubs of high constancy include <i>Vaccinium membranaceum, Lonicera utahensis</i>, and <i>Sorbus scopulina</i>. Other tall shrubs that may be present include <i>Acer glabrum, Amelanchier alnifolia, Juniperus communis, Ribes lacustre, Rubus parviflorus</i>, and <i>Vaccinium myrtillus</i>. <i>Xerophyllum tenax</i> and tree seedlings often dominate the field layer. This shrubland alliance is found within the zone of continuous forest in the upper montane and subalpine zones of the central Rocky Mountains in northwestern Montana and Alberta. Stands occur as smaller patches of shrubland on dry, rocky, often unstable or bedrock sites that are marginal for tree growth or on sites where stand-replacing fire has permitted early-seral shrublands that persist for long periods because of repeated burns and changes in the presence of volatile oils in the soil which impedes tree regeneration. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:39180-{A7BC1589-626D-442A-B6E2-924B22DD3B91}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 14-Mar-2014 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.900021 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A3970
  Translated: Fool's-huckleberry - Shinyleaf Meadowsweet Montane-Subalpine Shrubland Alliance
  Common: Montane-Subalpine Fool's-huckleberry - Shinyleaf Meadowsweet Shrubland
  Scientific: Menziesia ferruginea - Spiraea betulifolia Montane-Subalpine Shrubland Alliance