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CEGL000175 Pinus contorta / Xerophyllum tenax Forest

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available


Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Lodgepole Pine / Common Beargrass Forest

Colloquial Name: No Data Available

Hierarchy Level:  Association

Type Concept: No Data Available

Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available

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

Floristics: No Data Available

Dynamics:  No Data Available

Environmental Description:  No Data Available

Geographic Range: No Data Available

Nations: US

States/Provinces:  ID, MT, OR, WY?




Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented

Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available

Grank: G5

Greasons: No Data Available


Concept Lineage: No Data Available

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Obsolete Parents: No Data Available

Synonomy: = Pinus contorta / Xerophyllum tenax Habitat Type (Cooper et al. 1987)
= Lodgepole Pine / Beargrass (Volland 1985)

Concept Author(s): Western Ecology Group

Author of Description: No Data Available

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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 Unpublished report.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.
  • Cooper, S. V., K. E. Neiman, R. Steele, and D. W. Roberts. 1987. Forest habitat types of northern Idaho: A second approximation. General Technical Report INT-236.USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station, Ogden, UT. 135 pp. [reprinted in 1991]
  • Kagan, J. S., J. A. Christy, M. P. Murray, and J. A. Titus. 2004. Classification of native vegetation of Oregon. January 2004. Oregon Natural Heritage Information Center, Portland. 52 pp.
  • MTNHP [Montana Natural Heritage Program]. 2002b. List of ecological communities for Montana. Montana Natural Heritage Program, Montana State Library, Helena, MT.
  • Volland, L. A. 1976. Plant communities of the central Oregon pumice zone. USDA Forest Service R-6 Area Guide 4-2. Pacific Northwest Region, Portland, OR. 113 pp.
  • Volland, L. A. 1985. Plant associations of the central Oregon pumice zone. USDA Forest Service R6-ECOL-104-1985. Pacific Northwest Region, Portland, OR. 138 pp.
  • Western Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boulder, CO.