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CEGL000318 Abies lasiocarpa / Mahonia repens Forest

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Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Subalpine Fir / Creeping Barberry Forest

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Hierarchy Level:  Association

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Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available

Classification Comments: No Data Available

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Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available

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Geographic Range: No Data Available

Nations: US

States/Provinces:  ID, UT, WY




Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented

Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available

Grank: G5

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Concept Lineage: No Data Available

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Synonomy: < Abies lasiocarpa / Berberis repens Habitat Type (Pfister 1972)
= Abies lasiocarpa / Berberis repens Habitat Type (Youngblood and Mauk 1985)
= Abies lasiocarpa / Berberis repens Habitat Type (Steele et al. 1983)
= Abies lasiocarpa / Berberis repens Habitat Type (Mauk and Henderson 1984)
= Abies lasiocarpa / Mahonia repens Plant Association (Johnston 1987)
= Picea engelmannii - Abies lasiocarpa / Berberis repens Habitat Type (Kerr and Henderson 1979)

Concept Author(s): Western Ecology Group

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  • Bourgeron, P. S., and L. D. Engelking, editors. 1994. A preliminary vegetation classification of the western United States. Unpublished report. The Nature Conservancy, Western Heritage Task Force, Boulder, CO. 175 pp. plus appendix.
  • Johnston, B. C. 1987. Plant associations of Region Two: Potential plant communities of Wyoming, South Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado, and Kansas. R2-ECOL-87-2. USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Region. Lakewood, CO. 429 pp.
  • Kerr, C. W., and J. A. Henderson. 1979. Upland vegetation classification and map for a test area, Manti-La Sal National Forest. Appendix Report 15 in: J. A. Henderson, L. S. Davis, and E. M. Ryberg, editors. ECOSYM: A classification and information system for wildlife resource management. Utah State University, Logan. 53 pp.
  • Mauk, R. L., and J. A. Henderson. 1984. Coniferous forest habitat types of northern Utah. General Technical Report INT-170. USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Ogden, UT. 89 pp.
  • Pfister, R. D. 1972. Vegetation and soils in the subalpine forests of Utah. Unpublished dissertation, Washington State University, Pullman. 98 pp.
  • Steele, R., S. V. Cooper, D. M. Ondov, D. W. Roberts, and R. D. Pfister. 1983. Forest habitat types of eastern Idaho - western Wyoming. General Technical Report INT-144. USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Ogden, UT. 122 pp.
  • Western Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boulder, CO.
  • Youngblood, A. P., and R. L. Mauk. 1985. Coniferous forest habitat types of central and southern Utah. General Technical Report INT-187. USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station, Ogden, UT. 89 pp.