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CEGL000804 Pinus flexilis / Cercocarpus ledifolius Woodland

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available


Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Limber Pine / Curl-leaf Mountain-mahogany 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: Woodlands included in this association from California are very different and need further study to see if they should be included in this association.

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, UT, 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: = Cercocarpus ledifolius - Pinus flexilis - Pinus longaeva Potential Native Plant Community (Eddleman and Jaindl 1994)
= Pinus flexilis / Cercocarpus ledifolius (Jones and Ogle 2000)
? Pinus flexilis / Cercocarpus ledifolius (Sawyer et al. 2009) [87.160.01]
= Pinus flexilis / Cercocarpus ledifolius Community Type (DeVelice 1992)
= Pinus flexilis / Cercocarpus ledifolius Habitat Type (Steele et al. 1983)
= Pinus flexilis / Cercocarpus ledifolius Habitat Type (Mauk and Henderson 1984)
= Pinus flexilis / Cercocarpus ledifolius Habitat Type (Steele et al. 1981)

Concept Author(s): Western Ecology Group

Author of Description: No Data Available

Acknowledgements: No Data Available

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  • Jones, G., and S. Ogle. 2000. Characterization abstracts for vegetation types on the Bighorn, Medicine Bow, and Shoshone national forests. Prepared for USDA Forest Service, Region 2 by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database, University of Wyoming.
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