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CEGL001166 Cornus sericea / Galium triflorum Wet Shrubland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Red-osier Dogwood / Fragrant Bedstraw Wet Shrubland
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This shrubland association occurs at moderate elevations ranging from western Wyoming throughout Idaho and possibly into Oregon, Montana, and Utah. The association occupies V-shaped canyons adjacent to high-gradient streams and rivers. Soils are usually poorly developed with some stands on a substrate of boulders or cobbles with few fines. Cornus sericea forms a scattered to dense overstory. Other tall shrubs may include Alnus incana, Betula occidentalis, and Crataegus douglasii. The diagnostic forbs Maianthemum stellatum and Galium triflorum are usually present with low cover. Other herbaceous species that may be present are Angelica arguta, Actaea rubra, and Equisetum arvense. Occasionally conifer saplings or scattered mature trees may be present in stands.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: The range of this plant association needs to be evaluated. A Cornus sericea dominance type has been described in a number of classifications completed in the western United States. This dominance type may include this and other plant associations with Cornus sericea as the diagnostic species. ~Cornus sericea / Galium triflorum Wet Shrubland (CEGL001166)$$ was identified in western Wyoming and eastern Idaho (Norton et al. 1981, Youngblood et al. 1985a) and is very similar to Crowe and Clausnitzer''s (1997) Cornus sericea plant association from eastern Oregon. Several classifications have identified plant associations with Cornus sericea as the diagnostic overstory species. Other classifications have recognized Cornus sericea dominance types that include a composite of several plant communities (Kovalchik 1993). This information needs to be evaluated to determine which Cornus sericea-dominated shrubland associations are represented.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: Cornus sericea forms a scattered to dense overstory. Other tall shrubs may include Alnus incana, Betula occidentalis, and Crataegus douglasii. The diagnostic forbs Maianthemum stellatum and Galium triflorum are usually present with low cover. Other herbaceous species that may be present are Angelica arguta, Actaea rubra, and Equisetum arvense. Occasionally conifer saplings or scattered mature trees may be present in stands.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: The association occupies V-shaped canyons adjacent to high-gradient streams and rivers. Soils are usually poorly developed with some stands on a substrate of boulders or cobbles with few fines.
Geographic Range: This shrubland association occurs at moderate elevations ranging from western Wyoming throughout Idaho and possibly into Oregon, Montana, and Utah.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: ID, MT?, OR?, UT?, WY?
Plot Analysis Summary:
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Confidence Level: Low
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 | A3773 Red-osier Dogwood - Shrubby-cinquefoil - Currant species Wet Shrubland Alliance | A3773 | 2.C.4.Nb.5.d |
| Association | CEGL001166 Red-osier Dogwood / Fragrant Bedstraw Wet Shrubland | CEGL001166 | 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: = Cornus sericea / Galium triflorum Shrubland (Norton et al. 1981)
= Cornus sericea / Galium triflorum Shrubland (Youngblood et al. 1985a)
= Cornus sericea association (Crawford 2003) [10 plots]
? Cornus stolonifera (Crowe and Clausnitzer 1997)
= Cornus sericea / Galium triflorum Shrubland (Youngblood et al. 1985a)
= Cornus sericea association (Crawford 2003) [10 plots]
? Cornus stolonifera (Crowe and Clausnitzer 1997)
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