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CEGL001186 Salix boothii - Salix lemmonii Wet Shrubland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Booth''s Willow - Lemmon''s Willow Wet Shrubland
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This shrubland association is currently only described from Oregon and may also occur in California and Nevada. Additional global information will be added as it becomes available. It was sampled in the southeastern East Cascades (Warmer Mountains) and in the Blue Mountains ecoregions. It may also occur in the Basin and Range ecoregion. Valleys are V-, trough- and flat-shaped and moderately wide to wide, with low to very high gradients and gentle to steep sideslopes. Sites are floodplains and wet meadows. Soils are deep, fine-textured loams. Salix boothii or Salix lemmonii dominant the overstory shrub layer, which averages 3.9 m in height (ranging from 2.5 to 6.2 m). Many other shrubs are present at low to high cover in the shrub over- and understories, including Betula nana, Alnus incana, Salix geyeriana, Ribes lacustre, Ribes hudsonianum, and Lonicera involucrata. The herbaceous layer (averaging 68 cm in height, ranging from 51-91 cm) comprises a great variety of forbs and grasses and graminoids, including Glyceria striata, Bromus carinatus, Epilobium ciliatum, Galium triflorum, Urtica dioica, Aconitum columbianum, and Mitella pentandra. Herbaceous biomass averages 2155 lbs/acre (ranging from 433 to 4600 lbs/acre).
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: This association may represent an early-seral stage of other tall willow (Salix boothii, Salix geyeriana, Salix lemmonii) associations. It may also be a result of ground disturbance or deposition of fresh material on the ground surface beneath established stands of tall willows. Some sites sampled occur along streams that were otherwise dominated by Alnus incana associations and appeared to be a result of disturbance of the floodplain and streambanks by natural flooding or by human activities such as road building.
Environmental Description: No Data Available
Geographic Range: This shrubland association is known from Oregon and may also occur in California and Nevada.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: CA?, NV?, OR
Plot Analysis Summary:
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Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G3
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 | A3769 Booth''s Willow - Geyer''s Willow - Yellow Willow Montane Wet Shrubland Alliance | A3769 | 2.C.4.Nb.5.d |
| Association | CEGL001186 Booth''s Willow - Lemmon''s Willow Wet Shrubland | CEGL001186 | 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: = Salix boothii - Salix lemmonii / Mesic Forb Association (Crowe et al. 2004)
= Salix/Mesic Forb plant community type (Crowe and Clausnitzer 1997)
> Salix/monkshood association (Kovalchik 1987)
= Salix/Mesic Forb plant community type (Crowe and Clausnitzer 1997)
> Salix/monkshood association (Kovalchik 1987)
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- 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]
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