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CEGL000577 Populus tremuloides / Carex pellita Riparian Forest
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Quaking Aspen / Woolly Sedge Riparian Forest
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This association is a wide-ranging, linear or small-patch community type, found in eastern Washington and Oregon in the Columbia Basin, Okanogan Highlands, and the Blue Mountains. It is associated with ephemeral depressions, wetland sites, organic soils, shallow water tables, and with low-gradient headwater streams. Elevations range from 549 to 1647 m (1800-5400 feet). This is an open forest dominated by Populus tremuloides occasionally with Pinus contorta var. latifolia or Betula papyrifera in the northern portions of its range or with Pinus ponderosa in Oregon or Betula occidentalis in the Columbia Basin. The understory is graminoid-dominated. Carex pellita is indicative of this community type with high cover (well over 25% cover) in higher condition sites. Carex microptera, Carex nebrascensis, Calamagrostis canadensis, Elymus glaucus, and Poa pratensis are low cover sedge-grass associates. Forbs are frequent but rarely abundant. Shrub cover is typical low with Salix boothii, Cornus sericea, and Rosa gymnocarpa frequent in northern sites and Cornus sericea and Symphoricarpos albus on warmer sites.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: This association is defined as a PNV vegetation type.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: This is an open forest dominated by Populus tremuloides occasionally with Pinus contorta var. latifolia or Betula papyrifera in the northern portions of its range or with Pinus ponderosa in Oregon or Betula occidentalis in the Columbia Basin. The understory is graminoid-dominated. Carex pellita (= Carex lanuginosa) is indicative of this community type with high cover (well over 25% cover) in higher condition sites. Carex microptera, Carex nebrascensis, Calamagrostis canadensis, Elymus glaucus, and Poa pratensis are low cover sedge-grass associates. Forbs are frequent but rarely abundant. Shrub cover is typical low with Salix boothii, Cornus sericea, and Rosa gymnocarpa frequent in northern sites and Cornus sericea and Symphoricarpos albus on warmer sites.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: It is associated with ephemeral depressions, wetland sites, organic soils, shallow water tables, and with low-gradient headwater streams. Elevations range from 549 to 1647 m (1800-5400 feet).
Geographic Range: This association is found in eastern Washington and Oregon in the Columbia Basin, Okanogan Highlands, and the Blue Mountains. It may also occur in higher elevation portions of the northern Great Basin.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: CA?, NV?, OR, WA
Plot Analysis Summary:
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Confidence Level: Low
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G2
Greasons: No Data Available
| Type | Name | Database Code | Classification Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class | 1 Forest & Woodland Class | C01 | 1 |
| Subclass | 1.B Temperate & Boreal Forest & Woodland Subclass | S15 | 1.B |
| Formation | 1.B.3 Temperate Flooded & Swamp Forest Formation | F026 | 1.B.3 |
| Division | 1.B.3.Nc Rocky Mountain-Great Basin Montane Flooded & Swamp Forest Division | D195 | 1.B.3.Nc |
| Macrogroup | 1.B.3.Nc.1 Engelmann Spruce - Narrowleaf Cottonwood / Red-osier Dogwood Riparian & Swamp Forest Macrogroup | M034 | 1.B.3.Nc.1 |
| Group | 1.B.3.Nc.1.a Engelmann Spruce - Blue Spruce - Narrowleaf Cottonwood Riparian & Swamp Forest Group | G506 | 1.B.3.Nc.1.a |
| Alliance | A3760 Quaking Aspen Riparian Forest Alliance | A3760 | 1.B.3.Nc.1.a |
| Association | CEGL000577 Quaking Aspen / Woolly Sedge Riparian Forest | CEGL000577 | 1.B.3.Nc.1.a |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Populus tremuloides / Carex lanuginosa (Crowe and Clausnitzer 1997) [(p.78)]
= Populus tremuloides / Carex lanuginosa Association (Kovalchik 1993) [(p.80)]
= Populus tremuloides / Carex pellita Association (Crowe et al. 2004)
= Populus tremuloides / Carex lanuginosa Association (Kovalchik 1993) [(p.80)]
= Populus tremuloides / Carex pellita Association (Crowe et al. 2004)
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