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A4384 Prunus virginiana - Symphoricarpos occidentalis - Amelanchier alnifolia Northern Plains Shrubland Alliance

Type Concept Sentence: This mesic tall shrubland type is found in the Northern Great Plains. Typical dominants include Amelanchier alnifolia, Prunus virginiana, as well as Crataegus spp and Viburnum lentago.

Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Chokecherry - Western Snowberry - Saskatoon Serviceberry Northern Plains Shrubland Alliance

Colloquial Name: Northern Plains Mesic Tall Shrubland

Hierarchy Level:  Alliance

Type Concept: This mesic tall shrubland type is found in the Northern Great Plains. Typical dominants include Amelanchier alnifolia, Prunus virginiana, as well as Crataegus spp and Viburnum lentago.They are found more often in mesic draws. Going north into MT they turn into the wooded draws (Acer negundo, Fraxinus pennsylvanica). Dasiphora is not found in grasslands in Wyoming, but Ribes cereum may be more common.

Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available

Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available

Classification Comments: This is a mesic, tall shrub alliance. Amelanchier alnifolia and Prunus virginiana can go with Crataegus and even Viburnum lentago stands. They are found more often in mesic draws. Going north into MT they turn into the wooded draws (Acer negundo, Fraxinus pennsylvanica). Dasiphora is not really here in grasslands in WY. Perhaps Ribes cereum.

Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available

Floristics: No Data Available

Dynamics:  No Data Available
Environmental Description:  No Data Available
Geographic Range: This mesic tall shrub alliance occurs in the northern Great Plains, from Montana and Wyoming to Nebraska and the Dakotas and possibly into Saskatchewan.

Nations: CA?,US

States/Provinces:  MT, NE, SD, SK?, WY


Confidence Level: Proposed (Submitted)

Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: GNR

Greasons: No Data Available
Type Name Database Code Classification Code
Class 2 Shrub & Herb Vegetation Class C02 2
Subclass 2.B Temperate & Boreal Grassland & Shrubland Subclass S18 2.B
Formation 2.B.2 Temperate Grassland & Shrubland Formation F012 2.B.2
Division 2.B.2.Nb Central North American Grassland & Shrubland Division D023 2.B.2.Nb
Macrogroup 2.B.2.Nb.2 Needle-and-Thread - Western Wheatgrass - Plains Rough Fescue Grassland Macrogroup M051 2.B.2.Nb.2
Group 2.B.2.Nb.2.c Western Wheatgrass - Needle-and-Thread - Little Bluestem Mixedgrass Prairie Group G141 2.B.2.Nb.2.c
Alliance A4384 Chokecherry - Western Snowberry - Saskatoon Serviceberry Northern Plains Shrubland Alliance A4384 2.B.2.Nb.2.c
Association CEGL001093 Black Hawthorn - (Fireberry Hawthorn) Shrubland CEGL001093 2.B.2.Nb.2.c
Association CEGL001097 Fleshy Hawthorn Shrubland CEGL001097 2.B.2.Nb.2.c
Association CEGL001131 Western Snowberry Shrubland CEGL001131 2.B.2.Nb.2.c
Association CEGL002183 Saskatoon Serviceberry Shrubland CEGL002183 2.B.2.Nb.2.c
Association CEGL005453 Chokecherry Northern Plains Shrubland CEGL005453 2.B.2.Nb.2.c
Concept Lineage: No Data Available

Predecessors: No Data Available

Obsolete Names: No Data Available

Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: No Data Available
Concept Author(s): No Data Available

Author of Description: No Data Available

Acknowledgements: No Data Available

Version Date: No Data Available
  • Hoagland, B. and D. Faber-Langendoen. 2020. Revisions to Great Plains grassland, shrubland, and woodland vegetation types. Proceedings of the U.S. National Vegetation Classification. USNVC-Proc-XX. February 2020. Ecological Society of America, Washington, DC., USA. xx pp.