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A4383 Juniperus horizontalis - Rhus trilobata - Dasiphora fruticosa Shrubland Alliance

Type Concept Sentence: This low shrubland type occurs in local areas of the mesic mixedgrass prairie region of the northern Plains, from western Manitoba and the Dakotas to eastern Montana and Wyoming

Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Creeping Juniper - Skunkbush Sumac - Shrubby-cinquefoil Shrubland Alliance

Colloquial Name: Northern Plains Low Shrubland

Hierarchy Level:  Alliance

Type Concept: This low shrubland type occurs in local areas of the mesic mixedgrass prairie region of the northern Plains, from western Manitoba and the Dakotas to eastern Montana and Wyoming. Common shrubs include Juniperus horizontalis, Rhus trilobata, and Dasiphora fruticosa.

Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available

Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available

Classification Comments: This alliance overlaps with A4034 and may be hard to distinguish apart from shrub physiognomy. See also A4038. Rhus trilobata grow on dry hillsides.

Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: Stands are dominated by low shrubs. 0.5 to 1 m tall.

Floristics: Common shrubs include Juniperus horizontalis, Rhus trilobata, and Dasiphora fruticosa.

Dynamics:  No Data Available
Environmental Description:  No Data Available
Geographic Range: This type occurs in local areas of the mesic mixedgrass prairie region of the northern Plains, from western Manitoba and the Dakotas to eastern Montana and Wyoming.

Nations: CA,US

States/Provinces:  MB, MT, ND, SD, 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 A4383 Creeping Juniper - Skunkbush Sumac - Shrubby-cinquefoil Shrubland Alliance A4383 2.B.2.Nb.2.c
Association CEGL001393 Creeping Juniper / Sun Sedge Dwarf-shrubland CEGL001393 2.B.2.Nb.2.c
Association CEGL001394 Creeping Juniper / Little Bluestem Dwarf-shrubland CEGL001394 2.B.2.Nb.2.c
Association CEGL001504 Skunkbush Sumac / Threadleaf Sedge Shrub Grassland CEGL001504 2.B.2.Nb.2.c
Association CEGL001506 Skunkbush Sumac / Little Bluestem Shrub Grassland CEGL001506 2.B.2.Nb.2.c
Association CEGL002198 Shrubby-cinquefoil / Little Bluestem Shrub Grassland CEGL002198 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.