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CEGL001921 Phleum alpinum - Carex aquatilis Wet Meadow
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Alpine Timothy - Water Sedge Wet Meadow
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This herbaceous vegetation type has been described from wetlands on the Yellowstone Plateau of northwestern Wyoming. It occupies mesic and subirrigated, mineral soils of sandy to medium texture, around seeps and on valley floors. The herbaceous vegetation may contain a variety of graminoids and forbs. Carex aquatilis, Phleum alpinum, Deschampsia cespitosa, Potentilla diversifolia, and Symphyotrichum foliaceum are always present, and a number of other species may be abundant, including Antennaria corymbosa, Calamagrostis canadensis, and Carex microptera.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: This association is a based on a description, without plot data, from the Phleum alpinum - Carex aquatilis habitat type on the Yellowstone Plateau (Mattson 1984). A number of the species with high constancy and often substantial cover in this vegetation type also have high constancy and may be abundant in ~Phleum alpinum - Carex microptera Wet Meadow (CEGL001922)$$ and ~Phleum alpinum - Elymus trachycaulus Meadow (CEGL001923)$$. All of these associations have been described from wetland habitat types on the Yellowstone Plateau. The status of these 3 vegetation types as separate associations or as variants of the same association must be determined.
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 has been named only from the Yellowstone Plateau of northwestern Wyoming, but additional information may show that it occurs elsewhere as well.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: WY
Plot Analysis Summary:
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Confidence Level: Low
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G2Q
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.b Sedge species - Reedgrass species Montane Wet Meadow & Marsh Group | G521 | 2.C.4.Nb.5.b |
| Alliance | A3804 Water Sedge - Northwest Territory Sedge - Tufted Hairgrass Wet Meadow Alliance | A3804 | 2.C.4.Nb.5.b |
| Association | CEGL001921 Alpine Timothy - Water Sedge Wet Meadow | CEGL001921 | 2.C.4.Nb.5.b |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Phleum alpinum - Carex aquatilis Habitat Type (Mattson 1984)
- Bourgeron, P. S., and L. D. Engelking, editors. 1994. A preliminary vegetation classification of the western United States. Unpublished report. The Nature Conservancy, Western Heritage Task Force, Boulder, CO. 175 pp. plus appendix.
- Mattson, D. J. 1984. Classification and environmental relationships of wetland vegetation in central Yellowstone National Park. Unpublished thesis, University of Idaho, Moscow. 409 pp.
- WNDD [Wyoming Natural Diversity Database]. No date. Unpublished data on file. Wyoming Natural Diversity Database, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY.
- Western Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boulder, CO.