Rocky Mountain Foothill-Rock Outcrop Limber Pine - Juniper Woodland

Type:Group
Parent classification:Central Rocky Mountain Montane Forest & Woodland
Scientific Name:Pinus flexilis - Juniperus scopulorum Rocky Mountain Foothill Woodland Group
Location:Canada; United States (Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, North Dakota, Utah, Oregon)
Description:This foothill woodland group is found on rocky sites in the Rocky Mountains from southern Alberta to central Colorado, including escarpments and low hills across Wyoming and the western Great Plains, and is characterized by an open-tree canopy or patchy woodland that is dominated by either Juniperus scopulorum, Pinus flexilis, and/or Juniperus osteosperma.
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Child types

Name
Central Rocky Mountain Limber Pine Shrubby Woodland
Rocky Mountain Juniper Grassy Woodland
Rocky Mountain Juniper Shrubby Woodland

Species

Name
Centrocercus urophasianus (Sage Grouse)
Melanerpes lewis (Lewis's Woodpecker)
Sceloporus graciosus (Sagebrush Lizard)
Vireo vicinior (Grey Vireo)

Habitat Vegetation Classification provided by NatureServe Explorer