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CEGL001943 Lupinus spp. - Poa spp. Meadow
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Lupine species - Bluegrass species Meadow
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This herbaceous alpine vegetation type has been described from Carter Mountain along the eastern side of the Absaroka Mountains in northwestern Wyoming. The sites on which stands of this association grow are the middle parts of steep, lee (easterly) slopes where snow accumulates early and remains until mid-summer. Soils on these sites are deep. The vegetation is dense and two-layered, with Lupinus argenteus forming a tall (40 cm) herbaceous layer above a shorter herbaceous layer of Poa spp., Geum rossii, the cushion forb Arenaria congesta, and other species. The species of Poa found in this type are unidentified in the literature.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: This association is based on standing crop data from just three small plots (5x5 m) on Carter Mountain in northwestern Wyoming. Cover data and more information on this type from Carter Mountain are needed to show whether it is simply a patch in a larger alpine vegetation type.
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: This association has been described only from one alpine ridge, Carter Mountain, along the eastern side of the Absaroka Mountains in northwestern Wyoming.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: WY
Plot Analysis Summary:
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Confidence Level: Moderate
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G1Q
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.Nf Western North American Grassland & Shrubland Division | D022 | 2.B.2.Nf |
| Macrogroup | 2.B.2.Nf.3 Tufted Hairgrass - Licorice-root species - Mountain Muhly Subalpine-High Montane Mesic Meadow Macrogroup | M168 | 2.B.2.Nf.3 |
| Group | 2.B.2.Nf.3.b Greenleaf Fescue - Tufted Hairgrass - Licorice-root species Rocky Mountain-Vancouverian Grassland & Meadow Group | G271 | 2.B.2.Nf.3.b |
| Alliance | A3951 Licorice-root species - Lupine species - Larkspur species Montane Mesic Meadow Alliance | A3951 | 2.B.2.Nf.3.b |
| Association | CEGL001943 Lupine species - Bluegrass species Meadow | CEGL001943 | 2.B.2.Nf.3.b |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Lupinus greenii - Poa spp. Community Type (Thilenius and Smith 1985)
- 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.
- Thilenius, J. F., and D. R. Smith. 1985. Vegetation and soils of an alpine range in the Absaroka Mountains, Wyoming. General Technical Report RM-121. USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Fort Collins, CO. 18 pp.
- Thilenius, J. F., and G. R. Brown. 1987. Herded vs. unherded sheep grazing systems on an alpine range in Wyoming. General Technical Report RM-147. USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Fort Collins, CO.
- WNDD [Wyoming Natural Diversity Database]. No date. Unpublished data on file. Wyoming Natural Diversity Database, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY.
- Western Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boulder, CO.