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CEGL008702 Salix orestera / Calamagrostis breweri Wet Shrubland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Sierra Willow / Shorthair Reedgrass Wet Shrubland
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This shrubland association is currently only known from Yosemite National Park in California, and the following description is based on occurrences there. Additional information will be added as it becomes available. This palustrine association grows at about 3050 m (10,000 feet) of elevation on flat to gently sloping, seasonally flooded basin floors. Soils are silt loams derived from metamorphic parent materials. This association is characterized by an open shrub canopy less than 0.5 m in height dominated by Salix orestera. Some stands are codominated by Vaccinium cespitosum, with some Pinus contorta. The fairly dense herbaceous understory is dominated by graminoids, primarily Calamagrostis breweri. Other graminoids may be present including Carex fissuricola, Ptilagrostis kingii, and small amounts of Juncus parryi, Poa secunda, and/or Trisetum spicatum. Forbs present may include Antennaria rosea, Senecio scorzonella, and traces of Symphyotrichum spathulatum var. spathulatum, Castilleja lemmonii, Chamerion angustifolium, and/or Lupinus lepidus.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: No Data Available
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: This association is characterized by an open shrub canopy less than 0.5 m in height dominated by Salix orestera. Some stands are codominated by Vaccinium cespitosum, with some Pinus contorta. The fairly dense herbaceous understory is dominated by graminoids, primarily Calamagrostis breweri. Other graminoids may be present including Carex fissuricola, Ptilagrostis kingii, and small amounts of Juncus parryi, Poa secunda, and/or Trisetum spicatum. Forbs present may include Antennaria rosea, Senecio scorzonella, and traces of Symphyotrichum spathulatum var. spathulatum (= Aster occidentalis var. occidentalis), Castilleja lemmonii, Chamerion angustifolium (= Epilobium angustifolium), and/or Lupinus lepidus.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This palustrine association grows at about 3050 m (10,000 feet) of elevation on flat to gently sloping, seasonally flooded basin floors. Soils are silt loams derived from metamorphic parent materials.
Geographic Range: This association is only known from the vicinity of Yosemite National Park. Information about its global range is not available without additional inventory.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: CA
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683231
Confidence Level: Low
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: GNR
Greasons: No Data Available
| Type | Name | Database Code | Classification Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class | 2 Shrub & Herb Vegetation Class | C02 | 2 |
| Subclass | 2.C Shrub & Herb Wetland Subclass | S44 | 2.C |
| Formation | 2.C.4 Temperate to Polar Freshwater Marsh, Wet Meadow & Shrubland Formation | F013 | 2.C.4 |
| Division | 2.C.4.Nb Western North American Temperate Freshwater Marsh, Wet Meadow & Shrubland Division | D031 | 2.C.4.Nb |
| Macrogroup | 2.C.4.Nb.5 Sitka Alder - Booth''s Willow / Northwest Territory Sedge Montane Marsh, Wet Meadow & Shrubland Macrogroup | M893 | 2.C.4.Nb.5 |
| Group | 2.C.4.Nb.5.d Willow species - Alder species - Water Birch Riparian & Seep Shrubland Group | G527 | 2.C.4.Nb.5.d |
| Alliance | A2563 Sierra Willow Wet Shrubland Alliance | A2563 | 2.C.4.Nb.5.d |
| Association | CEGL008702 Sierra Willow / Shorthair Reedgrass Wet Shrubland | CEGL008702 | 2.C.4.Nb.5.d |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Salix orestera / Calamagrostis breweri Shrubland (Keeler-Wolf 2002)
= Salix orestera / Calamagrostis muiriana (Sawyer et al. 2009) [61.115.01]
= Salix orestera/Calamagrostis breweri Shrubland (Keeler-Wolf et al. 2012)
= Salix orestera / Calamagrostis muiriana (Sawyer et al. 2009) [61.115.01]
= Salix orestera/Calamagrostis breweri Shrubland (Keeler-Wolf et al. 2012)
- Keeler-Wolf, T. 2002. Classification of the vegetation of Yosemite National Park and surrounding environs in Tuolumne, Mariposa, Madera and Mono counties, California. NatureServe in cooperation with the California Native Plant Society and California Natural Heritage Program, Wildlife and Habitat Data Analysis Branch, California Department of Fish and Game, Sacramento, CA. August 2002.
- Keeler-Wolf, T., M. Schindel, S. San, P. Moore, and D. Hickson. 2003a. Classification of the vegetation of Yosemite National Park and surrounding environs in Tuolumne, Mariposa, Madera and Mono counties, California. Unpublished report by NatureServe in cooperation with the California Native Plant Society and California Department of Fish and Game, Wildlife and Habitat Data Analysis Branch, Sacramento, CA.
- Keeler-Wolf, T., P. E. Moore, E. T. Reyes, J. M. Menke, D. N. Johnson, and D. L. Karavidas. 2012. Yosemite National Park vegetation classification and mapping project report. Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/YOSE/NRTR--2012/598. National Park Service, Fort Collins, CO.
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- Sawyer, J. O., T. Keeler-Wolf, and J. Evens. 2009. A manual of California vegetation. Second edition. California Native Plant Society, Sacramento CA. 1300 pp.
- Western Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boulder, CO.