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CEGL005445 Ribes (cereum, montigenum) - Ericameria discoidea Shrubland

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available


Common (Translated Scientific) Name: (Wax Currant, Gooseberry Currant) - White-stem Goldenbush Shrubland

Colloquial Name: No Data Available

Hierarchy Level:  Association

Type Concept: This association is currently only described from Great Basin National Park, Nevada. Additional global information will be added as it becomes available. This high-elevation shrubland association is known from 3107-3462 m (10,190-11,355 feet) on moderate to somewhat steep slopes. Sites include high slopes and avalanche chutes on rocky substrates that include colluvium, bedrock and till. Soils are well-drained to rapidly drained soils composed of loamy sand and silt loam. This association is characterized by a sparse to open short- or dwarf-shrub layer dominated by Ribes montigenum, Ribes cereum, and Ericameria discoidea. Scattered trees, including Picea engelmannii and Pinus flexilis, may be present. The only other shrubs documented include Juniperus communis and Ceanothus martinii. The herbaceous layer is sparse to open and diverse. Common species include Arenaria congesta, Artemisia michauxiana, Astragalus kentrophyta var. tegetarius, Elymus elymoides, Erigeron tener, Eriogonum umbellatum, Monardella odoratissima, Phlox pulvinata, Poa fendleriana, Poa secunda, Trifolium gymnocarpon, and Trisetum spicatum.

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: No Data Available

Dynamics:  No Data Available

Environmental Description:  No Data Available

Geographic Range: This shrubland association occurs in Nevada.

Nations: US

States/Provinces:  NV




Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented

Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available

Grank: GNR

Greasons: No Data Available


Concept Lineage: No Data Available

Predecessors: No Data Available

Obsolete Names: No Data Available

Obsolete Parents: No Data Available

Synonomy: = Ribes (cereum, montigenum) - Ericameria discoidea Shrubland [Provisional] (Cogan et al. 2012)

Concept Author(s): Cogan et al. (2012)

Author of Description: M.E. Hall

Acknowledgements: No Data Available

Version Date: 07-19-18

  • Cogan, D., J. E. Taylor, and K. Schulz. 2012. Vegetation inventory project: Great Basin National Park. Natural Resource Report NPS/MOJN/NRR--2012/568. National Park Service, Fort Collins, CO. 373 pp.
  • 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.
  • Western Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boulder, CO.