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Alpine Zone
Ecoregion
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Rocky Mountains
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MT
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WY
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The wet, severely exposed, glaciated High Elevation Rockland Alpine Zone contains jagged peaks, tarns, rockland, and talus deposits. It is often snowcapped and maximum annual precipitation is greater than in surrounding, but lower, ecoregions. Soils are stony and have a cryic temperature regime. Alpine tundra, alpine grassland, subirrigated meadows, and wetlands occur above timberline. Krummholz vegetation occupies windswept areas near timberline. Subalpine fir and whitebark pine are found in glacial cirques.
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Plants
Grouse Whortleberries
Vaccinium scoparium (species),
“Grouseberry”, “Littleleaf Huckleberry”
89
Observations
JAN - DEC
Thinleaf Huckleberry
Vaccinium membranaceum (species)
17
Observations
JAN - DEC
Bog Blueberries
Vaccinium uliginosum (species),
“Bog Blueberry”, “Alpine Bilberry”, “Bog Whortleberry”, “Northern Bilberry”
16
Observations
JAN - DEC
Thimbleberries
Rubus parviflorus (species),
“Western Thimbleberry”, “Snow Bramble”
13
Observations
JAN - DEC
Sticky Polemonium
Polemonium viscosum (species)
12
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Animals
Yellow-Bellied Marmot
Marmota flaviventris (species),
“Rock Chuck”
8
Observations
JAN - DEC
Mountain Goat
Oreamnos americanus (species),
“Rocky Mountain Goat”
8
Observations
JAN - DEC
American Pika
Ochotona princeps (species),
“Cony”, “Little Chief Hare”, “Rock Rabbit”, “Whistling Hare”
3
Observations
JAN - DEC
American Red Squirrel
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus (species),
“Red Squirrel”, “Mountain Weasel”, “Mount Graham Red Squirrel”, “American Red Sqirrel”
1
Observation
JAN - DEC
American Black Bear
Ursus americanus (species),
“Black Bear”
1
Observation
JAN - DEC
Birds
Buff-Bellied Pipit
Anthus rubescens (species),
“American Pipit”
1,015
Observations
JAN - DEC
Clark's Nutcracker
Nucifraga columbiana (species)
988
Observations
JAN - DEC
Common Raven
Corvus corax (species),
“Raven”, “Northern Raven”
836
Observations
JAN - DEC
Black Rosy Finch
Leucosticte atrata (species)
806
Observations
JAN - DEC
White-Crowned Sparrow
Zonotrichia leucophrys (species)
765
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Insects
Zapada glacier
SPECIES
21
Observations
JAN - DEC
Erebia callias
SPECIES ·
“Colorado Alpine”
8
Observations
JAN - DEC
Rocky Mountain Parnassian
Parnassius smintheus (species)
8
Observations
JAN - DEC
Zapada columbiana
SPECIES
6
Observations
JAN - DEC
Colias meadii
SPECIES ·
“Mead's Sulphur”
5
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Taxonomy
Region
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Ecoregion
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Ecoregion
Alpine Zone
Alpine Zone
Alpine Zone
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