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CEGL003424 Festuca rubra - (Argentina egedii) Salt Marsh
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Red Fescue - (Pacific Silverweed) Salt Marsh
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This association is a high intertidal marsh that occurs only in Washington (southern Puget Lowlands, Grays Harbor, and Willapa Bay) and perhaps formerly as far north as southern British Columbia. It is reported to occur primarily on silty substrates or peat soils and relatively low salinity. The dense herbaceous vegetation is dominated or codominated by the grass Festuca rubra. Other species that are frequently present and that can be locally codominant include Deschampsia cespitosa, Juncus arcticus ssp. littoralis, and Argentina egedii. This association is best distinguished from other Washington salt marsh associations by the dominance of Festuca rubra.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: While other high salt marsh associations may have a smattering of Festuca rubra, only this one is dominated by the species. British Columbia ecologists say they have not seen this community as described, but it may have formerly occurred in the Georgia Basin where salt marshes have been highly altered and declined.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: The dense herbaceous vegetation is dominated or codominated by the grass Festuca rubra. Other species that are frequently present and that can be locally codominant include Deschampsia cespitosa, Juncus arcticus ssp. littoralis (= Juncus balticus), and Argentina egedii. This association is best distinguished from other Washington salt marsh associations by the dominance of Festuca rubra.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This association is a high intertidal marsh that occurs only in Washington (southern Puget Lowlands, Grays Harbor, and Willapa Bay) and perhaps formerly as far north as southern British Columbia. It is reported to occur primarily on silty substrates or peat soils and relatively low salinity.
Geographic Range: This association is known only from the southern Puget Lowlands and Grays Harbor of Washington.
Nations: CA?,US
States/Provinces: BC?, WA
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685649
Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G1
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.5 Salt Marsh Formation | F035 | 2.C.5 |
| Division | 2.C.5.Nc Temperate & Boreal Pacific Coastal Salt Marsh Division | D035 | 2.C.5.Nc |
| Macrogroup | 2.C.5.Nc.1 North American Pacific Coastal Salt Marsh Macrogroup | M081 | 2.C.5.Nc.1 |
| Group | 2.C.5.Nc.1.a Lyngbye''s Sedge - Cosmopolitan Bulrush - Sea-milkwort Salt Marsh Group | G499 | 2.C.5.Nc.1.a |
| Alliance | A3899 Tufted Hairgrass - Red Fescue Brackish Salt Marsh Alliance | A3899 | 2.C.5.Nc.1.a |
| Association | CEGL003424 Red Fescue - (Pacific Silverweed) Salt Marsh | CEGL003424 | 2.C.5.Nc.1.a |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: ? Festuca rubra - Agrostis alba - Potentilla pacifica community (Kunze and Cornelius 1982) [p. 152.]
? Festuca rubra community (Dethier 1990) [p. 37.]
? Festuca rubra community (Kunze 1984)
? Festuca rubra community (Dethier 1990) [p. 37.]
? Festuca rubra community (Kunze 1984)
- Dethier, M. N. 1990. A marine and estuarine habitat classification system for Washington State. Washington Natural Heritage Program, Department of Natural Resources, Olympia, WA. 56 pp.
- Kunze, L. M. 1984. Puget Trough coastal wetland sanctuaries: A summary report of recommended sites. Report to Washington Department of Ecology, Contract No. C-83061. Washington Natural Heritage Program, Washington Department of Natural Resources, Olympia.
- Kunze, L. M., and L. C. Cornelius. 1982. Baseline inventory of rare, threatened and endangered plant species/communities along Washington''s Pacific Coast. Report to Washington Department of Ecology and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Coastal Zone Management Grant No. G82-029. Washington Natural Heritage Program, Olympia. 164 pp.
- 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.