| Type: | Alliance |
| Parent classification: | Black Hills-Northwestern Great Plains Ponderosa Pine Forest & Woodland |
| Scientific Name: | Pinus ponderosa Plains-Montane Mesic Forest Alliance |
| Location: | United States (Nebraska, Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado, South Dakota) |
| Description: | This mesic to wet Black Hills forest and woodland alliance has a tree canopy dominated by Pinus ponderosa but may include a sparse to relatively dense subcanopy of Juniperus scopulorum and presence to codominance of deciduous trees with an understory composed of relatively mesic shrub species and mesic to wet herbaceous indicator species. Stands occur at foothill and montane elevations on cooler northerly aspects and gentle to moderate benches and lower slopes and especially in mesic draws and swales and ravine and canyon bottoms. |
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