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CEGL001042 Artemisia tridentata ssp. wyomingensis / Carex filifolia Shrubland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Wyoming Big Sagebrush / Threadleaf Sedge Shrubland
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This plant association is known from sites within the southwestern portion of the Bitterroot Mountains ecoregional section, within east-central Idaho. It is suspected to occur in Montana and Oregon but has not been documented. The plant association occurs within a region of cool, arid climatic, on gentle terrain in valley bottom positions. Artemisia tridentata ssp. wyomingensis occurs in an open shrub canopy. Carex filifolia is abundant in the understory; Hesperostipa comata is well represented. Opuntia polyacantha, Astragalus purshii, Eriastrum sparsiflorum, and Phlox hoodii ssp. muscoides are common to present.
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: Artemisia tridentata ssp. wyomingensis occurs in an open shrub canopy. Carex filifolia is abundant in the understory; Hesperostipa comata (= Stipa comata) is well represented. Opuntia polyacantha, Astragalus purshii, Eriastrum sparsiflorum, and Phlox hoodii ssp. muscoides (= Phlox muscoides) are common to present.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: The plant association occurs within a region of cool, arid climatic, on gentle terrain in valley bottom positions.
Geographic Range: The plant association is known to occur in the southwestern portion of the Bitterroot Mountains ecoregional section, within east-central Idaho. It''s been reported in Wyoming (but poorly documented there) and is suspected to occur in Montana and Oregon. Appropriate field inventories are needed to resolve the distribution of the association.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: ID, MT, OR?, WY?
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688556
Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G1Q
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.a Wyoming Big Sagebrush - Basin Big Sagebrush Steppe & Shrubland Group | G303 | 3.B.1.Ne.3.a |
| Alliance | A3184 Wyoming Big Sagebrush Dry Steppe & Shrubland Alliance | A3184 | 3.B.1.Ne.3.a |
| Association | CEGL001042 Wyoming Big Sagebrush / Threadleaf Sedge Shrubland | CEGL001042 | 3.B.1.Ne.3.a |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: No Data Available
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- Caicco, S. L., and C. A. Wellner. 1983k. Research Natural Area recommendation for East Fork Salmon River Bench. Unpublished report prepared for USDI Bureau of Land Management, Salmon District, Idaho by Idaho Natural Areas Coordinating Committee. 14 pp.
- MTNHP [Montana Natural Heritage Program]. 2002b. List of ecological communities for Montana. Montana Natural Heritage Program, Montana State Library, Helena, MT.
- Western Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boulder, CO.