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Sedimentary Subalpine Forests
Ecoregion
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The Sedimentary Subalpine Forests ecoregion occupies much of the western half of the Southern Rockies, on sandstone, siltstone, shale, and limestone substrates. The elevation limits of this region are similar to the crystalline (21b) and volcanic (21g) subalpine forests. Stream water quality, water availability, and aquatic biota are affected in places by carbonate substrates that are soluble and nutrient rich. Soils are generally finer-textured than those found on crystalline or metamorphic substrates of Ecoregion 21b, and are also more alkaline where derived from carbonate-rich substrates. Subalpine forests dominated by Englemann spruce and subalpine fir are typical, often interspersed with aspen groves or mountain meadows. Some Douglas-fir forests are at lower elevations.
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Plants
Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium (species),
“Milfoil”, “Yarrow”
95
Observations
JAN - DEC
Quaking Aspen
Populus tremuloides (species),
“Aspen”, “American Aspen”, “Trembling Aspen”, “Quakies”, “Mountain Aspen”, “Golden Aspen”, “Trembling Poplar”, “White Poplar”, “Popple”
72
Occurrences
JAN - DEC
Vaccinium myrtillus
SPECIES ·
“Bilberry”, “Whortleberry”, “European Blueberry”, “Whinberry”, “Whort”, “Hurt”, “Common Bilberry”, “Urts”, “Wimberry”, “Hurtleberry”, “Huckleberry”, “Winberry”, “Fraughan”, “Blue Whortleberry”
56
Observations
JAN - DEC
Grouse Whortleberries
Vaccinium scoparium (species),
“Grouseberry”, “Littleleaf Huckleberry”
43
Observations
JAN - DEC
California False Hellebore
Veratrum californicum (species)
37
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Animals
Golden-Mantled Ground Squirrel
Callospermophilus lateralis (species)
21
Observations
JAN - DEC
Yellow-Bellied Marmot
Marmota flaviventris (species),
“Rock Chuck”
9
Observations
JAN - DEC
Mule Deer
Odocoileus hemionus (species),
“Black-Tailed Deer”, “Cedros Island Black-Tailed Deer”, “Cedros Island Mule Deer”
7
Observations
JAN - DEC
Moose
Alces alces (species),
“Eurasian Elk”, “Eurasian Moose”, “European Elk”, “Siberian Elk”
7
Observations
JAN - DEC
American Pika
Ochotona princeps (species),
“Cony”, “Little Chief Hare”, “Rock Rabbit”, “Whistling Hare”
5
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Birds
Mountain Chickadee
Poecile gambeli (species),
“Parus Gambelli”
9,051
Observations
JAN - DEC
American Robin
Turdus migratorius (species)
8,826
Observations
JAN - DEC
American Crow
Corvus brachyrhynchos (species)
7,900
Observations
JAN - DEC
Dark-Eyed Junco
Junco hyemalis (species)
6,746
Observations
JAN - DEC
Common Raven
Corvus corax (species),
“Raven”, “Northern Raven”
6,632
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Insects
Speyeria mormonia
SPECIES ·
“Mormon Fritillary”
10
Observations
JAN - DEC
Gnophaela vermiculata
SPECIES ·
“Police Car Moth”
10
Observations
JAN - DEC
Callophrys spinetorum
SPECIES ·
“Thicket Hairstreak”
8
Observations
JAN - DEC
Boloria chariclea
SPECIES ·
“Purplish Fritillary”
7
Observations
JAN - DEC
Oeneis chryxus
SPECIES ·
“Chryxus Arctic”
6
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Fungi
Usnea hirta
SPECIES ·
“Bristly Beard Lichen”, “Beard Lichen”, “&Nbsp”, “Shaggy Beard Lichen”
2
Observations
JAN - DEC
Hericium americanum
SPECIES
1
Observation
JAN - DEC
Galerina
GENUS
1
Observation
JAN - DEC
Pleurotus ostreatus
SPECIES ·
“Oyster Mushroom”
1
Observation
JAN - DEC
Geopyxis carbonaria
SPECIES
1
Observation
JAN - DEC
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Taxonomy
Region
49
Ecoregion
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