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CEGL002674 Purshia tridentata / Festuca idahoensis Shrub Grassland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Antelope Bitterbrush / Idaho Fescue Shrub Grassland
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: CA?, ID, MT, NV, OR, WA, WY
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686244
Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G3G5
Greasons: No Data Available
| Type | Name | Database Code | Classification Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class | 3 Desert & Semi-Desert Class | C03 | 3 |
| Subclass | 3.B Cool Semi-Desert Scrub & Grassland Subclass | S11 | 3.B |
| Formation | 3.B.1 Cool Semi-Desert Scrub & Grassland Formation | F033 | 3.B.1 |
| Division | 3.B.1.Ne Western North American Cool Semi-Desert Scrub & Grassland Division | D040 | 3.B.1.Ne |
| Macrogroup | 3.B.1.Ne.3 Big Sagebrush - Threetip Sagebrush - Antelope Bitterbrush Steppe & Shrubland Macrogroup | M169 | 3.B.1.Ne.3 |
| Group | 3.B.1.Ne.3.b Basin Big Sagebrush - Threetip Sagebrush - Antelope Bitterbrush Big Sagebrush Steppe & Shrubland Group | G302 | 3.B.1.Ne.3.b |
| Alliance | A3179 Antelope Bitterbrush - Big Sagebrush Mesic Steppe & Shrubland Alliance | A3179 | 3.B.1.Ne.3.b |
| Association | CEGL002674 Antelope Bitterbrush / Idaho Fescue Shrub Grassland | CEGL002674 | 3.B.1.Ne.3.b |
Concept Lineage: These 2 associations are now considered synonymous and have been merged into one type.
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Purshia tridentata - Festuca idahoensis Habitat Type (Mueggler and Stewart 1980)
= Purshia tridentata - Festuca idahoensis Habitat Type (Daubenmire 1970)
= Purshia tridentata ssp. vaseyana / Festuca idahoensis Habitat Type (Tweit and Houston 1980)
= Purshia tridentata ssp. vaseyana / Festuca idahoensis Habitat Type (Lewis 1975a)
? Purshia tridentata ssp. vaseyana / Festuca idahoensis Plant Association (Johnson and Simon 1987)
< Bitterbrush - Bunchgrass (Hall 1973)
= Purshia tridentata - Festuca idahoensis Habitat Type (Daubenmire 1970)
= Purshia tridentata ssp. vaseyana / Festuca idahoensis Habitat Type (Tweit and Houston 1980)
= Purshia tridentata ssp. vaseyana / Festuca idahoensis Habitat Type (Lewis 1975a)
? Purshia tridentata ssp. vaseyana / Festuca idahoensis Plant Association (Johnson and Simon 1987)
< Bitterbrush - Bunchgrass (Hall 1973)
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- Hall, F. C. 1973. Plant communities of the Blue Mountains in eastern Oregon and southeastern Washington. R6 Area Guide 3-1. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, Portland, OR. 62 pp.
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- WNHP [Washington Natural Heritage Program]. 2018. Unpublished data files. Washington Natural Heritage Program, Department of Natural Resources, Olympia, WA.
- Western Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boulder, CO.