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CEGL001928 Polemonium viscosum Alpine Meadow
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Sticky Jacob''s-ladder Alpine Meadow
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
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: No Data Available
Nations: US
States/Provinces: CO
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685524
Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G3G4
Greasons: No Data Available
| Type | Name | Database Code | Classification Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class | 4 Polar & High Montane Scrub, Grassland & Barrens Class | C04 | 4 |
| Subclass | 4.B Temperate to Polar Alpine & Tundra Vegetation Subclass | S12 | 4.B |
| Formation | 4.B.1 Temperate & Boreal Alpine Tundra Formation | F037 | 4.B.1 |
| Division | 4.B.1.Nb Western North American Alpine Tundra Division | D043 | 4.B.1.Nb |
| Macrogroup | 4.B.1.Nb.2 Eight-petal Mountain-avens - Blackroot Sedge - Moss Campion Alpine Tundra Macrogroup | M099 | 4.B.1.Nb.2 |
| Group | 4.B.1.Nb.2.b Blackroot Sedge - Bellardi Bog Sedge - Cushion Phlox Alpine Turf & Fell-field Group | G314 | 4.B.1.Nb.2.b |
| Alliance | A3155 Blackroot Sedge - Curly Sedge - Bellardi Bog Sedge Rocky Mountain Alpine Turf Alliance | A3155 | 4.B.1.Nb.2.b |
| Association | CEGL001928 Sticky Jacob''s-ladder Alpine Meadow | CEGL001928 | 4.B.1.Nb.2.b |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: > Polemonium viscosum - Cirsium scopulorum Habitat Type / Association (Komarkova 1986)
> Polemonium viscosum - Erigeron pinnatisectus Habitat Type / Association (Komarkova 1986)
> Polemonium viscosum - Erigeron pinnatisectus Plant Association (Johnston 1987)
> Polemonium viscosum / Phacelia sericea - Cirsium scopulorum Plant Association (Johnston 1987)
= Association Phacelio sericeae - Polemonietum viscosi (Komarkova 1976) (Komarkova 1976)
> Polemonium viscosum - Erigeron pinnatisectus Habitat Type / Association (Komarkova 1986)
> Polemonium viscosum - Erigeron pinnatisectus Plant Association (Johnston 1987)
> Polemonium viscosum / Phacelia sericea - Cirsium scopulorum Plant Association (Johnston 1987)
= Association Phacelio sericeae - Polemonietum viscosi (Komarkova 1976) (Komarkova 1976)
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