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CEGL000748 Juniperus scopulorum / Pseudoroegneria spicata Woodland

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available


Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Rocky Mountain Juniper / Bluebunch Wheatgrass Woodland

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
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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, MT, WY




Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented

Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available

Grank: G4

Greasons: No Data Available


Concept Lineage: No Data Available

Predecessors: No Data Available

Obsolete Names: No Data Available

Obsolete Parents: No Data Available

Synonomy: = Juniperus scopulorum / Agropyron spicatum Community (Jones 1992b)
= Juniperus scopulorum / Agropyron spicatum Habitat Type (Francis 1983)
= Juniperus scopulorum / Agropyron spicatum Habitat Type (Hansen and Hoffman 1988)
= Juniperus scopulorum / Agropyron spicatum Plant Association (DeVelice et al. 1999)
= Juniperus scopulorum / Agropyron spicatum Plant Association (Johnston 1987)
= Juniperus scopulorum / Agropyron spicatum Plant Association (DeVelice et al. 1995)
= Juniperus scopulorum / spicatum Habitat Type (Tiedemann et al. 1987)
= Juniperus scopulorum Vegetation Type (Thilenius et al. 1995) [Pseudoroegneria spicata is the most common grass species.]

Concept Author(s): Western Ecology Group

Author of Description: No Data Available

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