Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Bluebunch Wheatgrass - Tapertip Hawk''s-beard Grassland

Colloquial Name: No Data Available

Hierarchy Level:  Association

Type Concept: Pseudoroegneria spicata dominates or codominates this herbaceous association; Poa secunda is usually present with low to moderate cover, and Crepis acuminata is a characteristic forb, but it usually occurs with low cover. Festuca idahoensis may be absent or present with very low cover. Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus and Artemisia tridentata are the only shrub species that occur with regularity but tend to occur sporadically and contribute very little cover to the plant community. Sites suitable for this vegetation type may include ridges and slopes, alluvial fans, scree slopes, sloped rocky cliff faces, and bedrock outcrops of any aspect, although southerly and westerly aspects are most common in the northwestern part of the geographic range. This association can occur over a very broad elevational range. Stands grow on well-drained, often shallow, and frequently gravelly or rocky soils generally of loam, clay loam, silt loam, or sandy loam textural classes.

Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available

Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available

Classification Comments: This plant community description is based on data from Craters of the Moon (Bell et al. 2009) and on related plant communities that have been previously described. The description provided herein may vary slightly from similar plant communities found elsewhere due to the local scale at which data were collected. Additional global information will be added as it becomes available.

Similar NVC Types: No Data Available

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