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CEGL001194 Salix eastwoodiae Wet Shrubland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Mountain Willow Wet Shrubland
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This riparian shrubland type has been described from northwestern Wyoming. Salix eastwoodiae occurs in the high subalpine as a low shrub, and at lower elevations as a taller shrub. Consequently, the undergrowth is variable. The shrub canopy is often shared with smaller amounts of Salix planifolia, Salix drummondiana, Salix boothii, Salix geyeriana, Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda, and Lonicera involucrata. The herbaceous layer can be dense and dominated by graminoids, such as Carex praegracilis, Carex nigricans, Deschampsia cespitosa, Calamagrostis canadensis, and Juncus arcticus ssp. littoralis, or dominated by mesic forbs such as Mertensia ciliata, Saxifraga odontoloma, Viola sp., Arnica mollis, Caltha leptosepala, Dodecatheon jeffreyi, and Thalictrum occidentale. With more data, it may prove prudent to create a Salix eastwoodiae / mesic graminoid type and a Salix eastwoodiae / mesic forb type.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: This putative association is based on a general description of vegetation from the Teton Mountains, and on plot data from two stands elsewhere, one on the Beartooth Plateau and one in the southern Absaroka Mountains. The only feature shared among these three examples of Salix eastwoodiae vegetation is their poor fit into already-named Salix eastwoodiae associations. More detailed information from the stands in the Tetons, and information from additional stands elsewhere, is needed to determine how the various Salix eastwoodiae stands in northwestern Wyoming should be classified. Compare this association to ~Salix commutata / Carex scopulorum Wet Shrubland (CEGL001189)$$ in Idaho. Additional plots from Grand Teton National Park in 2003 and 2004 did not help to clarify the type, as the plots were quite different in understory species composition.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: Salix eastwoodiae occurs in the high subalpine as a low shrub, and at lower elevations as a taller shrub. Consequently, the undergrowth is variable The shrub canopy is often shared with smaller amounts of Salix planifolia, Salix drummondiana, Salix boothii, Salix geyeriana, Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda, and Lonicera involucrata. The herbaceous layer can be dense and dominated by graminoids, such as Carex praegracilis, Carex nigricans, Deschampsia cespitosa, Calamagrostis canadensis, and Juncus arcticus ssp. littoralis (= Juncus balticus), or dominated by mesic forbs such as Mertensia ciliata, Saxifraga odontoloma, Viola sp., Arnica mollis, Caltha leptosepala, Dodecatheon jeffreyi, and Thalictrum occidentale.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This association occurs between 2400 and 2926 m ( 7874- 9600 feet) elevation in narrow and wide valleys, on narrow or wide floodplains, or on seeps. Soils are poorly drained loams and silt clay loams, often saturated to the surface for much of the growing season.
Geographic Range: This association is known from northwestern Wyoming.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: WY
Plot Analysis Summary:
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Confidence Level: Moderate
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G2Q
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 | A3774 Mountain Willow - Lemmon''s Willow Wet Shrubland Alliance | A3774 | 2.C.4.Nb.5.d |
| Association | CEGL001194 Mountain Willow Wet Shrubland | CEGL001194 | 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: = Salix eastwoodiae / Mesic Graminoid Community Type (Walford et al. 2001)
= Salix eastwoodiae / Mesic Graminoids Community Type (Walford et al. 1997)
= Salix eastwoodiae Community Type (Youngblood et al. 1985b)
= Salix eastwoodiae / Mesic Graminoids Community Type (Walford et al. 1997)
= Salix eastwoodiae Community Type (Youngblood et al. 1985b)
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- Walford, G., G. Jones, W. Fertig, and K. Houston. 1997. Riparian and wetland plant community types of the Shoshone National Forest. Unpublished report. Wyoming Natural Diversity Database for The Nature Conservancy, and the USDA Forest Service. Wyoming Natural Diversity Database, Laramie. 227 pp.
- Western Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boulder, CO.
- Youngblood, A. P., W. G. Padgett, and A. H. Winward. 1985a. Riparian community type classification of eastern Idaho-western Wyoming. R4-Ecol-85-01. USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Region, Ogden, UT. 78 pp.
- Youngblood, A. P., W. G. Padgett, and A. H. Winward. 1985b. Riparian community type classification of northern Utah and adjacent Idaho. Unpublished report prepared for USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Region, Ogden, UT. 104 pp.