Rocky Mountain-Great Basin Lowland-Foothill Riparian Shrubland
| Type: | Group | | Parent classification: | Western North American Montane Marsh, Wet Meadow & Shrubland | | Scientific Name: | Salix exigua - Crataegus spp. - Forestiera pubescens Rocky Mountain-Great Basin Riparian Shrubland Group | | Location: | United States (Idaho, Washington, Wyoming, Oregon, Colorado, Montana, Nevada, California, South Dakota, New Mexico, Utah, Arizona); Canada (Alberta) | | Description: | This group consists of riparian shrublands dominated by low to tall shrubs such as Acer glabrum, Artemisia spp., Cornus sericea, Crataegus spp., Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda, Forestiera pubescens, Oplopanax horridus, Philadelphus lewisii, Prunus virginiana, Rhus trilobata, Rosa spp., Salix spp., Shepherdia argentea, and Symphoricarpos spp. They do not occur up in the mountains, but rather in between mountain valleys and lowlands of the Interior West. | | Website: | View website |
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