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CEGL000599 Populus tremuloides / Ranunculus alismifolius Riparian Forest
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Quaking Aspen / Plantainleaf Buttercup Riparian Forest
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: Stands of this localized forest type are found in moist depressions at high elevations in western Wyoming. Sites supporting this type are moist depressions along streams or around seeps. Soils are silts or clays and have high water tables that restrict the distribution of Abies and shrubs to hummocks. The canopy is formed by Populus tremuloides, often of mixed size classes. Scattered Abies lasiocarpa often are present. Scattered shrubs (especially Lonicera involucrata and Ribes montigenum) may be present but the stand contains no distinct shrub layer. Ranunculus alismifolius dominates the herbaceous layer. Grazing may help to create stands of this association.
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: The canopy is formed by Populus tremuloides, often of mixed size classes. Scattered Abies lasiocarpa often are present. Scattered shrubs (especially Lonicera involucrata and Ribes montigenum) may be present but the stand contains no distinct shrub layer. Ranunculus alismifolius dominates the herbaceous layer.
Dynamics: Grazing may help to create stands of this association.
Environmental Description: Stands of this localized forest type are found in moist depressions at high elevations in western Wyoming. Sites supporting this type are moist depressions along streams or around seeps. Soils are silts or clays and have high water tables that restrict the distribution of Abies and shrubs to hummocks.
Geographic Range: This association has been described only from the Wyoming Range in western Wyoming.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: WY
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685862
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 | CEGL000599 Quaking Aspen / Plantainleaf Buttercup Riparian Forest | CEGL000599 | 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 / Ranunculus alismifolius Community Type (Youngblood and Mueggler 1981)
- 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.
- Western Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boulder, CO.
- Youngblood, A. P., and W. F. Mueggler. 1981. Aspen community types on the Bridger-Teton National Forest in western Wyoming. Research Paper INT-272. USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Ogden, UT. 34 pp.