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Comm #6911	CEGL002108 » more details accession code: VB.CC.4644.CEGL002108 NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTED	EcoArt 2002	0
Comm #6912	Juniperus monosperma / Sparse Understory Woodland » more details accession code: VB.CC.31782.CEGL005368	Western Ecology Working Group of...	0	This lower-elevation, short-statured woodland has been described from Bandelier National Monument in north-central New Mexico and Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument in central New Mexico. It is also a minor. The majority of sites occur on summits and undulating plateaus with gentle to moderate slopes (4-20%). Occasionally, stands can be found on sideslopes of plateaus with rockier soils and gentle sideslopes of low hills in the plains. Aspects are variable, although solar exposure tends to go from low to high with increasing elevation. Soils are variable, being composed of eolian material, alluvium or colluvium derived from rhyolitic tuff or pumice. There is usually high cover of bare ground. Vegetation is characterized by an open to moderately dense woodland dominated by <i>Juniperus monosperma</i> with tree canopies that range from 10 to 40% cover. <i>Juniperus</i> regeneration is common along with scattered <i>Pinus edulis</i> seedlings and saplings. This understory is typically sparse (<10% total cover) and has only scattered graminoids, such as <i>Aristida purpurea</i> or <i>Bouteloua gracilis</i>, and few forbs. Shrubs and dwarf-shrubs are also scattered and most commonly represented by <i>Yucca glauca, Opuntia polyacantha</i>, and <i>Gutierrezia sarothrae</i>.
Comm #6913	CEGL002508 » more details accession code: VB.CC.4933.CEGL002508 NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTED	EcoArt 2002	0
Comm #6914	Juniperus monosperma / Forestiera pubescens Woodland » more details accession code: VB.CC.31779.CEGL005371	Western Ecology Working Group of...	0	This association is only known to occur at Bandelier National Monument in north-central New Mexico. The current description is based on data received from there and will be updated when additional inventory data are available. This lower-elevation semi-riparian association occurs between 1655 and 1880 m (5430-6170 feet) along canyon drainage bottoms adjacent to intermittent and perennial stream channels of moderate gradients (8-22%) or around springs or seeps. Solar exposures are low to moderate, and aspects are predominantly southeasterly (with occasional northerly exposure). Sites vary from boulder-strewn canyon bottoms, to gravelly and sandy washes with colluvial or alluvial substrates derived from basalt, andesite, and rhyolitic tuff. This short-statured coniferous woodland has a very open (10% cover) to closed canopy (85% cover) that is dominated by <i>Juniperus monosperma</i>. Occasional riparian trees are present but never dominant (e.g., <i>Celtis laevigata var. reticulata, Populus angustifolia</i>, or introduced tree <i>Elaeagnus angustifolia</i>). This association is characteristically shrubby and dominated by <i>Forestiera pubescens</i>, which can be well-represented to abundant. Among the 18 other shrubs reported for the type, <i>Fallugia paradoxa</i> and <i>Rhus trilobata</i> are the most frequent and abundant. The herbaceous layer is highly variable in cover (3-80%) and species composition. Among the 66 species reported for the association are obligate wetland species (<i>Eleocharis palustris, Polypogon viridis, Carex praegracilis</i>, or <i>Mimulus glabratus</i>) and typical upland associates (<i>Bouteloua gracilis, Poa fendleriana</i>, or <i>Sporobolus cryptandrus</i>).
Comm #6915	Pinus contorta / Vaccinium vitis-idaea / Pleurozium schreberi - Cladina spp. Forest » more details accession code: VB.CC.27934.PINUSCONTORTAVA	Western Ecology Working Group of...	0	This small-patch plant community is widespread but rare to uncommon in northern British Columbia, east into northern and west-central Alberta and north into southeastern Yukon. This community generally occurs as small patches on the driest sites of the landscape, usually developing on rocky or coarse glaciofluvial materials, more rarely on sand dunes. Stands are characterized by a canopy of Pinus contorta var. contorta and a diverse ground layer dominated by Vaccinium vitis-idaea, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, and Pleurozium schreberi. The shrub layer is sparse but may include low cover of Rosa acicularis and Shepherdia canadensis. Other commonly occurring ground cover species include Linnaea borealis, Comandra umbellata, Leymus innovatus, Cladonia and Cladina species and, more consistently, Peltigera species.
Comm #6916	Pinus ponderosa / Quercus grisea Woodland » more details accession code: VB.CC.17802.PINUSPONDEROSAQ	Western Ecology Working Group of...	0
Comm #6917	Festuca thurberi - Danthonia parryi / Potentilla hippiana Herbaceous Vegetation » more details accession code: VB.CC.31814.CEGL005377	Western Ecology Working Group of...	0	This montane grassland occurs in north-central New Mexico between 2710 and 2950 m (8900-9680 feet) elevation on sites with moderate to high solar exposure that increases with elevation. Stands are found on gentle footslopes or shoulder slopes (5-10% slope) to moderately steep upper backslopes (up to 40%). Soils are primarily mapped as well-developed and relatively deep Mollisols with textures that are loamy to clayey in a gravelly to cobbly matrix. They are derived from latite and dacite slope alluvium or colluvium parent materials. The ground surface is typically characterized by bunchgrasses with inter-grass spaces covered with leaf litter or some exposed soil. The vegetation is characterized by abundant to luxuriant growth of <i>Festuca thurberi</i> with <i>Danthonia parryi</i> as a codominant. <i>Carex inops ssp. heliophila, Elymus elymoides</i>, and <i>Poa pratensis</i> are common associates. Forbs are moderately diverse but variable from stand to stand with cover that is usually less than 10%. Trees are rare or incidental but can include such conifer species as <i>Abies concolor, Pinus ponderosa</i>, or <i>Pseudotsuga menziesii</i>. Typically, shrubs are absent as well, though occasionally such species as <i>Juniperus communis, Ribes leptanthum</i>, or <i>Rosa woodsii</i> can be common to well-represented.
Comm #6918	CEGL000338 » more details accession code: VB.CC.2960.CEGL000338 NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTED	EcoArt 2002	0
Comm #6919	CEGL000339 » more details accession code: VB.CC.2961.CEGL000339 NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTED	EcoArt 2002	0
Comm #6920	Brunnichia ovata Wet Vine-Shrubland » more details accession code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:36511-{FB9FAEDB-85C0-438D-AAD9-32E6CC5A2167}	NatureServe Biotics 2019	0	This vine-dominated vegetation is dominated by <i>Brunnichia ovata</i>, a scrambling woody vine of wetlands. This association has been observed in the Upper East Gulf Coastal Plain at Fort Benning, Alabama (and probably Georgia), where the vine mimics the behavior of kudzu, covering trees and other existing vegetation. Examples seen range in size from less than one hectare to about a hectare. Edges of examples of this vegetation may consist of small to large trees in the process of being overwhelmed by <i>Brunnichia ovata</i>. It is also known to occur in Alabama, and probably in Georgia as well. The species ranges north to Kentucky, Virginia, and Missouri, and as far west as eastern Texas and Oklahoma.