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CEGL000481 Alnus incana / Scirpus microcarpus Wet Shrubland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Gray Alder / Panicled Bulrush Wet Shrubland
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This association is recognized as a minor shrub-fen Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia type that appears in the Thompson-Okanogan Plateau of Washington and in the Blue Mountains of Oregon. Washington samples are located between 845-945 m (2800-3100 feet) elevation in broad, low-gradient valleys along meandering streams or in shrub wetlands. Oregon stands are found at higher elevations located between 1220 and 1586 m (4000-5200 feet). These sites can occur where lots of deposition occurs on floodplains under alder or where sands and gravels have been dumped into an Alnus incana wetland. Soils are typically organic with a shallow water table and often with some exposed surface water. This association has the highest average cover of Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia in 16 Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia types on the national forests of eastern Washington. Cornus sericea and Salix bebbiana are frequent shrubs that occur with very low cover in this community. The herbaceous layer contains wet-site graminoids and forbs and is dominated by Scirpus microcarpus (well over 20% cover). Common herbaceous species, whose combined cover is typically much less than Scirpus microcarpus, include Glyceria striata, Carex utriculata, Equisetum arvense, Epilobium ciliatum ssp. watsonii, and Veronica americana.
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 has the highest average cover of Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia in 16 Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia types on the national forests of eastern Washington. Cornus sericea and Salix bebbiana are frequent shrubs that occur with very low cover in this community. The herbaceous layer contains wet-site graminoids and forbs and is dominated by Scirpus microcarpus (well over 20% cover). Common herbaceous species, whose combined cover is typically much less than Scirpus microcarpus, include Glyceria striata (= Glyceria elata), Carex utriculata, Equisetum arvense, Epilobium ciliatum ssp. watsonii, and Veronica americana.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This association appears in the Thompson-Okanogan Plateau of Washington and in the Blue Mountains of Oregon. Washington samples are located between 845-945 m (2800-3100 feet) elevation in broad, low-gradient valleys along meandering streams or in shrub wetlands. Oregon stands are found at higher elevations located between 1220 and 1586 m (4000-5200 feet). These sites can occur where lots of deposition occurs on floodplains under alder or where sands and gravels have been dumped into an Alnus incana wetland. Soils are typically organic with a shallow water table and often with some exposed surface water.
Geographic Range: This association is found in the Thompson-Okanogan Plateau of northeastern Washington and in the Blue Mountains of Oregon.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: OR, WA
Plot Analysis Summary:
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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 | A3771 Gray Alder - Green Alder Wet Shrubland Alliance | A3771 | 2.C.4.Nb.5.d |
| Association | CEGL000481 Gray Alder / Panicled Bulrush Wet Shrubland | CEGL000481 | 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: = Alnus incana / Scirpus microcarpus (Crowe and Clausnitzer 1997)
= Alnus incana / Scirpus microcarpus Association (Crowe et al. 2004)
= Alnus incana / Scirpus microcarpus Association (Crowe et al. 2004)
- 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.
- Crowe, E., B. Kovalchik, M. J. Kerr, J. Titus, and J. S. Kagan. 2002. Riparian and wetland plant communities of eastern Oregon. Draft report. Oregon Natural Heritage Information Center, 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.
- Kovalchik, B. L. 2001. Classification and management of aquatic, riparian and wetland sites on the national forests of eastern Washington. Part 1: The series descriptions. 429 pp. plus appendix. [http://www.reo.gov/col/wetland_classification/wetland_classification.pdf]
- Kovalchik, Bud L. Personal communication. U.S. Forest Service riparian ecologist, retired. Colville, WA.
- Murphy, C. Personal communication. Idaho Conservation Data Center, Boise.
- 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.