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CEGL002304 Igneous - Metamorphic Cobble - Gravel River Shore Sparse Vegetation

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available

Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Igneous - Metamorphic Cobble - Gravel River Shore Sparse Vegetation

Colloquial Name: Riverine Igneous - Metamorphic Cobble - Gravel Shore

Hierarchy Level:  Association

Type Concept: This igneous - metamorphic cobble - gravel bedrock rivershore community is found in the upper Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada and perhaps elsewhere. Stands are found on rivers where scouring by ice or flooding creates a sparsely vegetated zone along the river. Substrate is cobble-gravel and may be composed of either basalt/diabase or granite/metamorphic rocks. The vegetation of this type has not yet been characterized.

Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available

Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available

Classification Comments: This type needs further characterization. Substrate may be either basalt/diabase or granite/metamorphic.

Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available

Floristics: The vegetation of this type has not yet been characterized.

Dynamics:  Scouring by ice or flooding is common.
Environmental Description:  Stands are found on rivers where scouring by ice or flooding creates a sparsely vegetated zone along the river. Substrate is cobble-gravel, and may be composed of either basalt/diabase or granite/metamorphic rocks.
Geographic Range: This igneous/metamorphic cobble-gravel bedrock rivershore community type is found in the upper Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada, and perhaps elsewhere, ranging from Minnesota to Michigan and north into central Canada, from Saskatchewan east to Quebec.

Nations: CA,US

States/Provinces:  MB, MI, MN, ON, QC?, SK, WI?


Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented

Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G4G5

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.Nd Eastern North American Temperate Freshwater Marsh, Wet Meadow & Shrubland Division D323 2.C.4.Nd
Macrogroup 2.C.4.Nd.3 Eastern North American Wet Shoreline Vegetation Macrogroup M880 2.C.4.Nd.3
Group 2.C.4.Nd.3.a Eastern North American Riverine Wetland Vegetation Group G755 2.C.4.Nd.3.a
Alliance A4495 Laurentian-Acadian Rivershore Alliance A4495 2.C.4.Nd.3.a
Association CEGL002304 Igneous - Metamorphic Cobble - Gravel River Shore Sparse Vegetation CEGL002304 2.C.4.Nd.3.a
Concept Lineage: No Data Available

Predecessors: No Data Available

Obsolete Names: No Data Available

Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Igneous - Metamorphic Cobble - Gravel River Shore Sparse Vegetation (Faber-Langendoen 2001)
= River Beach Gravel - Cobble Subtype (MNNHP 1993)
Concept Author(s): D. Faber-Langendoen (2001)

Author of Description: D. Faber-Langendoen

Acknowledgements: No Data Available

Version Date: 12-11-98
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