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CEGL003491 Lupinus latifolius Meadow
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Broadleaf Lupine Meadow
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This herbaceous 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. Stands of this forb association occur in wet to moist meadow environments including small stream channels and seeps. Sites are mesic to temporarily saturated meadows. Elevations range from about 1890-2500 m (6200-8200 feet), and slopes are flat, gentle, or moderate and, when having an aspect, face southeast to west. Soils are somewhat poorly drained loam to moderately well-drained sandy loam. This perennial forb vegetation is characterized by dense cover (from 60-90%) of moisture-loving forbs and grasses, primarily Lupinus latifolius. Total vegetative cover is generally greater than 80%. Lupinus latifolius (10-67% cover) is the most common forb. Other forbs of greater than 50% constancy include Heracleum maximum, Allium validum, Thalictrum fendleri, Trifolium monanthum, Poa pratensis, Danthonia intermedia, Carex leptopoda, and Poa fendleriana. The forbs and graminoids present in trace amounts include an additional 30 species.
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: No Data Available
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: No Data Available
Geographic Range: This association is described only from the vicinity of Yosemite. Information about its global range is not available without additional inventory. However, Lupinus latifolius is found throughout the mountainous regions of the western United States (Kartesz 1999) and is likely to form other stands in California and other states. Similar stands have been observed in the Klamath Mountains and the north coast ranges of California (T. Keeler-Wolf pers. obs.). Don Potter (pers. comm. 2002) has sampled 14 plots that he characterized as Lupinus latifolius plots throughout the central and southern Sierra Nevada.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: CA
Plot Analysis Summary:
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Confidence Level: Low
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G4?
Greasons: No Data Available
| Type | Name | Database Code | Classification Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class | 2 Shrub & Herb Vegetation Class | C02 | 2 |
| Subclass | 2.B Temperate & Boreal Grassland & Shrubland Subclass | S18 | 2.B |
| Formation | 2.B.2 Temperate Grassland & Shrubland Formation | F012 | 2.B.2 |
| Division | 2.B.2.Nf Western North American Grassland & Shrubland Division | D022 | 2.B.2.Nf |
| Macrogroup | 2.B.2.Nf.3 Tufted Hairgrass - Licorice-root species - Mountain Muhly Subalpine-High Montane Mesic Meadow Macrogroup | M168 | 2.B.2.Nf.3 |
| Group | 2.B.2.Nf.3.b Greenleaf Fescue - Tufted Hairgrass - Licorice-root species Rocky Mountain-Vancouverian Grassland & Meadow Group | G271 | 2.B.2.Nf.3.b |
| Alliance | A3951 Licorice-root species - Lupine species - Larkspur species Montane Mesic Meadow Alliance | A3951 | 2.B.2.Nf.3.b |
| Association | CEGL003491 Broadleaf Lupine Meadow | CEGL003491 | 2.B.2.Nf.3.b |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Lupinus latifolius Herbaceous Vegetation (Keeler-Wolf 2002)
= Lupinus latifolius Herbaceous Vegetation [Provisional] (Keeler-Wolf et al. 2012)
= Lupinus latifolius Herbaceous Vegetation [Provisional] (Keeler-Wolf et al. 2012)
- Halpern, C. B. 1986. Montane meadow plant associations of Sequoia National Park, CA. Madrono 33:1-23.
- Kartesz, J. T. 1999. A synonymized checklist and atlas with biological attributes for the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. First edition. In: J. T. Kartesz and C. A. Meacham. Synthesis of the North American Flora, Version 1.0. North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, NC.
- 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. Personal communication. Senior Vegetation Ecologist, Wildlife and Habitat Data Analysis Branch, California Department of Fish and Game, Sacramento, CA.
- 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.
- Western Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boulder, CO.