A yellowbrush/grass community type from the Uinta Mountains and Utah Plateaus

Sherel Goodrich; Robert M. Thompson; Allen Huber

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A yellowbrush/grass community type from the Uinta Mountains and Utah Plateaus

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Sherel Goodrich, Robert M. Thompson, Allen Huber

Year:

2001

Type:

Proceedings

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

In: McArthur, E. Durant; Fairbanks, Daniel J., comps. Shrubland ecosystem genetics and biodiversity: proceedings; 2000 June 13-15; Provo, UT. Proc. RMRS-P-21. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 344-346.

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Abstract

Ecological inventory and vegetation monitoring in the Uinta Mountains and Utah Plateaus on the Ashley National Forest and Manti-LaSal National Forest of the past several years suggest a community type in which yellowbrush (Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus ssp. lanceolatus), and slender wheatgrass (Elymus trachycaulus) are indicator species. This community type is common at elevations or slope positions where snow depth and duration are sufficient to greatly suppress big sagebrush. Features of this community type are discussed in context of management implications.

Parent Publication

Shrubland ecosystem genetics and biodiversity: proceedings

Keywords

wildland shrubs, genetics, biodiversity, disturbance, ecophysiology, community ecology

Citation

Goodrich, Sherel; Thompson, Robert M.; Huber, Allen. 2001. A yellowbrush/grass community type from the Uinta Mountains and Utah Plateaus. In: McArthur, E. Durant; Fairbanks, Daniel J., comps. Shrubland ecosystem genetics and biodiversity: proceedings; 2000 June 13-15; Provo, UT. Proc. RMRS-P-21. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 344-346.