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CEGL003301 Callitriche heterophylla Aquatic Vegetation
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Greater Water-starwort Aquatic Vegetation
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This herbaceous vegetation occupies low-elevation (152-580 m [500-1900 feet]) shallow pools, ponds, slow-moving streams, and flooded shrub swamps from Oregon to Alaska and eastward. Soil is seasonally to perennially flooded organic or silty loam. Fraxinus latifolia, Salix hookeriana, Salix lucida ssp. lasiandra, Salix sitchensis, and Spiraea douglasii are typical associates in this habitat, but woody vegetation may also be entirely absent. Callitriche heterophylla is the primary species and is usually immersed with the topmost leaves floating on the surface of the water. Emergent species present may include Oenanthe sarmentosa, Veronica scutellata, Cicuta douglasii, Torreyochloa pallida var. pauciflora, and Glyceria.
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 occurs from Oregon to Alaska and eastward (Christy 2004).
Nations: CA,US
States/Provinces: AK?, OR, WA
Plot Analysis Summary:
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Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G5
Greasons: No Data Available
| Type | Name | Database Code | Classification Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class | 5 Aquatic Vegetation Class | C05 | 5 |
| Subclass | 5.B Freshwater Aquatic Vegetation Subclass | S13 | 5.B |
| Formation | 5.B.2 Temperate to Polar Freshwater Aquatic Vegetation Formation | F057 | 5.B.2 |
| Division | 5.B.2.Na North American Freshwater Aquatic Vegetation Division | D049 | 5.B.2.Na |
| Macrogroup | 5.B.2.Na.2 Rocky Mountain Pond-lily - Pacific Mosquito Fern - Western Waterweed Western North American Freshwater Aquatic Vegetation Macrogroup | M109 | 5.B.2.Na.2 |
| Group | 5.B.2.Na.2.a Pond-lily species - Pondweed species - Duckweed species Freshwater Aquatic Vegetation Group | G544 | 5.B.2.Na.2.a |
| Alliance | A3920 Whitewater Crowfoot - Vernal Water-starwort - Greater Water-starwort Aquatic Vegetation Alliance | A3920 | 5.B.2.Na.2.a |
| Association | CEGL003301 Greater Water-starwort Aquatic Vegetation | CEGL003301 | 5.B.2.Na.2.a |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Callitriche heterophylla (McCain and Christy 2005) [6 plots]
= Callitriche heterophylla (different-leaved water starwort) Community Type (Boggs 2000)
= Callitriche heterophylla Association (Christy 2004)
= Callitriche heterophylla (different-leaved water starwort) Community Type (Boggs 2000)
= Callitriche heterophylla Association (Christy 2004)
- Boggs, K. 2000. Classification of community types, successional sequences and landscapes of the Copper River Delta, Alaska. General Technical Report PNW-GTR-469. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Portland, OR. March 2000. 244 pp.
- Christy, J. A. 2004. Native freshwater wetland plant associations of northwestern Oregon. Oregon Natural Heritage Information Center, Oregon State University, Portland, OR.
- Kagan, J. S., J. A. Christy, M. P. Murray, and J. A. Titus. 2004. Classification of native vegetation of Oregon. January 2004. Oregon Natural Heritage Information Center, Portland. 52 pp.
- McCain, C., and J. A. Christy. 2005. Field guide to riparian plant communities in northwestern Oregon. Technical Paper R6-NR-ECOL-TP-01-05. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, Portland. 357 pp.
- Titus, J. H., and J. A. Christy. 1996a. Vegetation of Big Marsh, Deschutes National Forest, Oregon. Report to Deschutes National Forest. Oregon Natural Heritage Program, The Nature Conservancy, Portland.
- WNHP [Washington Natural Heritage Program]. 2018. Unpublished data files. Washington Natural Heritage Program, Department of Natural Resources, Olympia, WA.
- Western Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boulder, CO.