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CEGL000355 Picea engelmannii / Arnica cordifolia Forest

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Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Engelmann Spruce / Heartleaf Leopardbane Forest

Colloquial Name: No Data Available

Hierarchy Level:  Association

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Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available

Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available

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Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available

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Geographic Range: No Data Available

Nations: US

States/Provinces:  NV, WY




Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented

Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available

Grank: G3G4

Greasons: No Data Available


Concept Lineage: No Data Available

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Synonomy: = Picea engelmannii / Arnica cordifolia (Jones and Ogle 2000)
= Picea engelmannii / Arnica cordifolia Forest (Jones and Fertig 1999e)
= Picea engelmannii / Arnica cordifolia Habitat Type (Steele et al. 1983)
= Picea engelmannii / Arnica cordifolia Plant Association (Johnston 1987)

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 Unpublished report.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.
  • Johnston, B. C. 1987. Plant associations of Region Two: Potential plant communities of Wyoming, South Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado, and Kansas. R2-ECOL-87-2. USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Region. Lakewood, CO. 429 pp.
  • Jones, G. P., and W. Fertig. 1999e. Ecological evaluation of the potential Pat O''Hara Mountain Research Natural Area within the Shoshone National Forest, Park County, Wyoming. Prepared for the Shoshone National Forest, USDA Forest Service by the Wyoming Natural Diversity Database. 50 pp.
  • 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.
  • Schulz, K. A., and M. E. Hall. 2011. Vegetation inventory project: Great Basin National Park. Unpublished report submitted to USDI National Park Service, Mojave Desert Inventory and Monitoring Network. NatureServe, Western Regional Office, Boulder, CO. 30 pp. plus Appendices A-H.
  • Steele, R., S. V. Cooper, D. M. Ondov, D. W. Roberts, and R. D. Pfister. 1983. Forest habitat types of eastern Idaho - western Wyoming. General Technical Report INT-144. USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Ogden, UT. 122 pp.
  • Western Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boulder, CO.