• GENERAL DISTRIBUTION
• ECOSYSTEMS
• STATES
• BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS
• KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS
• SAF COVER TYPES
• SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES
• HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES

GENERAL DISTRIBUTION:

ECOSYSTEMS [57]:

STATES:

BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS [10]:

KUCHLER [100] PLANT ASSOCIATIONS:

SAF COVER TYPES [48]:

SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES [167]:

HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES:

Shrubby cinquefoil is common in prairie dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis)-little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) grasslands [173] and is a common understory species of black oak (Quercus velutina) communities on sand dunes [130] in Michigan.

Western North America:
Shrubby cinquefoil is associated with willows (Salix spp.), alders (Alnus spp.), birch (Betula spp.), sedges, rushes (Juncus spp.), and tufted hairgrass (Deschampsia cespitosa) [189], and is a common shrub associate of blue spruce (Picea pungens) [50] in western North America. It is common in open taiga spruce (Picea spp.) forests [1,94,131]. In northern Rockies peatlands, shrubby cinquefoil occurs in the water sedge (Carex aquatilis) community type [22]. In the northern Rockies and the Intermountain West, shrubby cinquefoil is common in mountain brush and quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) communities [127,141,193]. It occurs in the central Rockies in ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) forests with Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii), limber pine (Pinus flexilis), blue spruce, quaking aspen, cliffbush (Jamesia americana), common juniper (Juniperus communis), bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi), wax currant (Ribes cereum), and Wood's rose (Rosa woodsii) [152].

Western Canada and Alaska:
In northwestern Canada, shrubby cinquefoil is common in the medium shrub/entire leaf mountainavens (Dryas integrifolia) plant association and prominent in the white spruce (Picea glauca)/shrub/mountainavens plant association [179]. In the Yukon Territory, it occurs with American green alder (Alnus viridis ssp. crispa) and prickly rose (Rosa acicularis) [12]. In western Canada, shrubby cinquefoil commonly occurs in jack pine (Pinus banksiana) forests [23,41]; in the black spruce (Picea mariana) forests with bog Labrador tea (Ledum groenlandicum), blueberry willow (Salix myrtillifolia), and prickly rose [23,41,117]; and in the white spruce-willow-birch plant association, with grayleaf willow (Salix glauca), planeleaf willow (S. planifolia ssp. planifolia), Scouler willow (S. scouleriana), Bebb willow (S. bebbiana), bog birch, and russet buffaloberry (Shepherdia canadensis) [116,117,142].  It may occur as a shrub dominant in some black spruce and white spruce communities in British Columbia [138]. It is common in the whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis)/common juniper plant association in British Columbia and Alberta, occurring with russet buffaloberry and bearberry [129]; and in the limber pine forests with common juniper, Rocky Mountain juniper (Juniperus scopulorum), creeping juniper (J. horizontalis), bearberry, prickly rose, common snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus), and Saskatoon serviceberry (Amelanchier alnifolia) [1]. Shrubby cinquefoil is common in lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) stands [102] and in the prairie Junegrass (Koeleria macrantha)-creeping juniper shrub savannah plant association [172] in the Canadian Rockies. It is an important constituent in the grasslands of the Canadian Rockies, occurring in the rough fescue (Festuca altaica) grasslands [19,29,109,125,151,195]. It is commonly found in the rough fescue/Parry's danthonia (Danthonia parryi) plant association of Alberta [168]. It may codominate grasslands with bearberry and prickly rose in western Canada [172]. Shrubby cinquefoil is common in riparian and forest wetland vegetation [83,91].

Shrubby cinquefoil occurs in the open willow shrub communities of interior Alaska [67,196]. It is a common understory shrub in white spruce stands [55] and in the open black spruce forests of Alaska, occurring with bog blueberry (Vaccinium uliginosum), mountain cranberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea), Labrador tea, black crowberry (Empetrum nigrum), and red bearberry (Arctostaphylos rubra) [55,79]. It may form a dense shrub layer with russet buffaloberry, diamondleaf willow (Salix planifolia ssp. pulchra), prickly rose, and saplings of white spruce and balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera) in upland taiga vegetation [112]. Shrubby cinquefoil is a common understory species in Alaska willow (Salix alaxensis) and American green alder stands [36]. Shrubby cinquefoil is common in freshwater marshes and tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea) and bluejoint reedgrass (Calamagrostis canadensis) grasslands [67], and may occur as a dominant in arctic alpine plant communities [86].

Western United States:
Shrubby cinquefoil is a codominant in the montane grasslands of north-central Montana, occurring with Idaho fescue (Festuca idahoensis) and rough fescue [110,178]. In some areas shrubby cinquefoil has become established in large continuous stands [148]. It is also a codominant with rough fescue in a tundra-like plant community of subalpine grassland above timberline [178]. It is a common associate of bearberry, rockdwelling sedge (Carex rupestris), and russet buffaloberry on subalpine sites [6]. Shrubby cinquefoil commonly occurs with creeping juniper in the juniper (Juniperus spp.)/cinquefoil (Potentilla spp.)/fescue (Festuca spp.) and juniper/cinquefoil/sedgeplant associations. It is also common in  juniper/alpineoatgrass (Helictotrichon spp.) and juniper/little bluestem/fescue plant associations [119]. It may also occur with big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) or silver sagebrush (Artemisia cana) in eastern and southwestern Montana [126,128,134,135]; and with willow [139], onespike danthonia (Danthonia unispicata), and mountain brome (Bromus carinatus) [128] in southwestern Montana. Shrubby cinquefoil also forms a major riparian or wetland vegetation type in Montana [62,64,65,66]. It is common in Douglas-fir and lodgepole pine forests [106] and in the Douglas-fir/common snowberry habitat type [96].

Shrubby cinquefoil occurs sparsely in Rocky Mountain juniper stands [146] and in the wooded draws of upland grass communities [200] in the badlands of North Dakota.  It occurs commonly in this region with skunkbush sumac (Rhus trilobata) and Saskatoon serviceberry [159,200]. In the Black Hills of South Dakota, shrubby cinquefoil is the most common understory species in the ponderosa pine/shrubby cinquefoil/common snowberry/woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca) plant community [39,177].

In western Wyoming, shrubby cinquefoil occurs in silver sagebrush, shrub swamp communities, and occasionally in riparian and aspen forests [7,99,149,198]. It is common in big sagebrush/bitterbrush (Purshia tridentata) [76] and big sagebrush/Sandberg bluegrass (Poa secunda) [169] plant associations. Shrubby cinquefoil is a characteristic shrub of the spruce (Picea spp.)-fir (Abies spp.) zone [25]. It is commonly found with Englemann spruce (Picea engelmannii), blue spruce, lodgepole pine, subalpine fir (Abies lasiocarpa), narrowleaf cottonwood (Populus angustifolia), common snowberry, pachistima (Pachistima myrsinites), red-osier dogwood (Cornus sericea), common juniper, Oregon-grape (Mahonia repens), russet buffaloberry [198], big sagebrush, silver sagebrush [199], timber oatgrass (Danthonia intermedia) [181], tufted hairgrass, Wolf's trisetum (Trisetum wolfii), alpine timothy (Phleum alpinum), varileaf cinquefoil (Potentilla diversifolia), and meadow thistle (Cirsium scariosum) [115]. Shrubby cinquefoil is common in limber pine habitat types in Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho [14,54]. 

In Idaho wetland and riparian communities, shrubby cinquefoil commonly occurs with quaking aspen, sedges, and willows [26,27,144]. The shrubby cinquefoil/timber oatgrass plant association forms riparian complexes with sedge and willow communities [28].

In Nevada, shrubby cinquefoil commonly occurs with Gray's licoriceroot (Ligusticum grayii), slender wheatgrass (Elymus trachycaulus), rosy pussytoes (Antennaria microphylla), northwest cinquefoil (Potentilla gracilis), California false hellebore (Veratrum californicum), and Fendler's meadowrue (Thalictrum fendleri) [113].

In Utah, shrubby cinquefoil commonly occurs with silver sagebrush or mountain snowberry (Symphoricarpos oreophilus) and bog birch, Wolf's willow (Salix wolfii), smallwing sedge (Carex microptera), clustered field sedge (C. praegracilis), and Baltic rush (Juncus balticus) [132,199]. It is also common in quaking aspen stands [89], lodgepole pine forests [132], and with narrowleaf cottonwood, common juniper, and bearberry [133]. Shrubby cinquefoil occurs as a prominent shrub layer associate in the spruce-fir zone of Utah [70].

Shrubby cinquefoil is also common in the spruce-fir zone of Colorado [77], and is a common understory species in aspen stands, ponderosa pine, and lodgepole pine forests, occurring with Engelmann spruce, subalpine fir, Douglas-fir, rose (Rosa spp.), russet buffaloberry, and common juniper [31,32,105].

In New Mexico, shrubby cinquefoil commonly occurs in alpine tundra vegetation [122] and in spruce-fir forests with quaking aspen, Engelmann spruce, Douglas-fir, and ponderosa pine [32,136].

Plant Communities:
Shrubby cinquefoil is a dominant species in the following plant associations: 

white spruce/shrubby cinquefoil/bearberry [1]
cinquefoil/Campylietum stellati  [143]
water birch (Betula occidentalis)/shrubby cinquefoil
shrubby cinquefoil/tufted hairgrass
shrubby cinquefoil/dry alkaline graminoid
shrubby cinquefoil/Idaho fescue [81]
shrubby cinquefoil/timber oatgrass [28,81]

Shrubby cinquefoil is a dominant species in the following community types:

black spruce/dwarf arctic birch (Betula nana)-shrubby cinquefoil/sedge
black spruce/willow/shrubby cinquefoil/red bearberry/felt lichen (Peltigera spp.) 
shrubby cinquefoil-sweet gale-bog birch/black crowberry (Empetrum nigra)/marsh sphagnum moss (Sphagnum spp.) 
shrubby cinquefoil-sweet gale-bog birch-narrow leaf Labrador tea (Ledum palustre ssp. decumbens)/feathermoss 
sweet gale-shrubby cinquefoil-dwarf arctic birch/narrow leaf Labrador tea-cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus) [185]
shrubby conifer/shrubby cinquefoil [132]
shrubby cinquefoil/timber oatgrass [113,180]
shrubby cinquefoil [108]
shrubby cinquefoil/Idaho fescue [199]
shrubby cinquefoil/tufted hairgrass [16,132,140,199]
shrubby cinquefoil/Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis) [16,132,199]

Shrubby cinquefoil is a dominant species in the following habitat types:

shrubby cinquefoil/Idaho fescue [115,126,181]
shrubby cinquefoil/rough fescue [126]
shrubby cinquefoil/tufted hairgrass [13,61,64,65,66].

Shrubby cinquefoil has also been identified as "dominance type" in Montana, with understory species including tufted hairgrass, Baltic rush, clustered field sedge, and smallwing sedge [63].

Classifications describing plant communities in which shrubby cinquefoil is a dominant species are as follows:

Related categories for SPECIES: Dasiphora floribunda | Shrubby Cinquefoil