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CEGL003446 Ribes lacustre - Ribes hudsonianum / Glyceria striata Wet Shrubland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Prickly Currant - Northern Black Currant / Fowl Mannagrass Wet Shrubland
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This is a riparian, deciduous shrubland occurring in small patches throughout the southern and central portions of the Blue Mountains and the eastern Cascades in Oregon. It is found on small to medium-sized streams in mid elevations in the mountains. Sites include floodplains and streambanks at moderate to moderately high elevations mostly above the local elevational range of mountain alder. Valleys are very narrow and V- or trough-shaped with very high gradients and gentle to moderately steep sideslopes. Ribes lacustre and Ribes hudsonianum (averaging over 1 m in height) form a scattered to dense canopy over Glyceria striata and a variety of mesic forbs including Galium triflorum, Streptopus amplexifolius, Circaea alpina, Aconitum columbianum, Mitella pentandra, and Saxifraga odontoloma. Average height of the herbaceous vegetation is 37 cm (ranging from 20-51 cm). It is distinguished from similar shrublands by the saturated soils and dense understory of Glyceria striata.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: This is a fairly distinctive association described by Crowe and Clausnitzer (1997).
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: Ribes lacustre and Ribes hudsonianum (averaging over 1 m in height) form a scattered to dense canopy over Glyceria striata (= Glyceria elata) and a variety of mesic forbs including Galium triflorum, Streptopus amplexifolius, Circaea alpina, Aconitum columbianum, Mitella pentandra, and Saxifraga odontoloma (= Saxifraga arguta). Average height of the herbaceous vegetation is 37 cm (ranging from 20-51 cm).
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This is a riparian, deciduous shrubland occurring in small patches throughout the southern and central portions of the Blue Mountains and the eastern Cascades in Oregon. It is found on small to medium-sized streams in mid elevations in the mountains. Sites include floodplains and streambanks at moderate to moderately high elevations mostly above the local elevational range of mountain alder. Valleys are very narrow and V- or trough-shaped with very high gradients and gentle to moderately steep sideslopes.
Geographic Range: Currently known from the central Blue Mountains and southeastern Cascades of Oregon. The type might also occur in northeastern California and north-central Idaho, but has never been reported from there.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: OR
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683666
Confidence Level: Low
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G2G3
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 | A3773 Red-osier Dogwood - Shrubby-cinquefoil - Currant species Wet Shrubland Alliance | A3773 | 2.C.4.Nb.5.d |
| Association | CEGL003446 Prickly Currant - Northern Black Currant / Fowl Mannagrass Wet Shrubland | CEGL003446 | 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: = Ribes lacustre - Ribes hudsonianum / Glyceria striata Association (Crowe et al. 2004)
= Ribes spp. / Glyceria elata (Crowe and Clausnitzer 1997) [(p.164)]
= Ribes spp. / Glyceria elata (Crowe and Clausnitzer 1997) [(p.164)]
- Crowe, E. A., B. L. Kovalchik, and M. J. Kerr. 2004. Riparian and wetland vegetation of central and eastern Oregon. Oregon Natural Heritage Information Center, Institute for Natural Resources, Oregon State University, Portland. 473 pp. [http://oregonstate.edu/ornhic/ publications.html]
- Crowe, E. A., and R. R. Clausnitzer. 1997. Mid-montane wetland plant associations of the Malheur, Umatilla, and Wallowa-Whitman national forests. Technical Paper R6-NR-ECOL-TP-22-97. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, Portland, OR.
- Western Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boulder, CO.