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CEGL001880 Deschampsia cespitosa - Achillea millefolium var. occidentalis Wet Meadow

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available

Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Tufted Hairgrass - Western Yarrow Wet Meadow

Colloquial Name: No Data Available

Hierarchy Level:  Association

Type Concept: No Data Available

Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available

Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available

Classification Comments: This association is a candidate for removal. It has been proposed that ~Deschampsia cespitosa - Achillea millefolium var. occidentalis Wet Meadow (CEGL001880)$$, ~Deschampsia cespitosa - Symphyotrichum foliaceum Wet Meadow (CEGL001881)$$, ~Deschampsia cespitosa - Ligusticum tenuifolium Wet Meadow (CEGL001885)$$, ~Deschampsia cespitosa - Potentilla diversifolia Wet Meadow (CEGL001889)$$, and ~Deschampsia cespitosa - Polygonum bistortoides Wet Meadow (CEGL003485)$$ be merged to form a new Deschampsia cespitosa - forb (dry) type.

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

Floristics: No Data Available

Dynamics:  No Data Available
Environmental Description:  No Data Available
Geographic Range: No Data Available

Nations: US

States/Provinces:  CO, NM


Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented

Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G5

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.b Sedge species - Reedgrass species Montane Wet Meadow & Marsh Group G521 2.C.4.Nb.5.b
Alliance A3804 Water Sedge - Northwest Territory Sedge - Tufted Hairgrass Wet Meadow Alliance A3804 2.C.4.Nb.5.b
Association CEGL001880 Tufted Hairgrass - Western Yarrow Wet Meadow CEGL001880 2.C.4.Nb.5.b
Concept Lineage: No Data Available

Predecessors: No Data Available

Obsolete Names: No Data Available

Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: No Data Available
Concept Author(s): Western Ecology Group

Author of Description: No Data Available

Acknowledgements: No Data Available

Version Date: 02-24-12
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