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CEGL001707 Achnatherum nelsonii - Koeleria macrantha Grassland

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available

Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Columbia Needlegrass - Prairie Junegrass Grassland

Colloquial Name: No Data Available

Hierarchy Level:  Association

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Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available

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Geographic Range: No Data Available

Nations: US

States/Provinces:  MT, UT


Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented

Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: GNR

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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.2 Saskatoon Serviceberry / Idaho Fescue - Bluebunch Wheatgrass Grassland & Shrubland Macrogroup M048 2.B.2.Nf.2
Group 2.B.2.Nf.2.a Downy Ryegrass - Idaho Fescue - Spike Fescue Grassland Group G267 2.B.2.Nf.2.a
Alliance A3966 Idaho Fescue - Pinegrass - Columbia Needlegrass Central Rocky Mountain Montane Mesic Grassland Alliance A3966 2.B.2.Nf.2.a
Association CEGL001707 Columbia Needlegrass - Prairie Junegrass Grassland CEGL001707 2.B.2.Nf.2.a
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Synonomy: ? Achnatherum nelsonii - Koeleria macrantha Vegetation Type (Cooper 2003)
= Upper Altitude Community - Grassland (Dastrup 1963)
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 Unpublished report.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.
  • Cooper, S. V. 2003. Assessment of Kootenai National Forest vegetation types with potential for Silene spaldingii in the Tobacco Plains, Rexford Bench and Salish Range foothills. Unpublished report to Kootenai National Forest, Supervisor''s Office. Montana Natural Heritage Program, Helena, MT. 33 pp. plus appendices.
  • Dastrup, B. C. 1963. Vegetational changes of the Uinta Basin since settlement. Unpublished thesis, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT. 118 pp.
  • Western Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boulder, CO.