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CEGL001204 Salix exigua - Salix lucida ssp. caudata Wet Shrubland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Narrowleaf Willow - Greenleaf Willow Wet Shrubland
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This is a riparian community with distribution at least covering the Snake River area. It occurs on sandy bars and deltas with alluvial gravel and cobble. Schoenoplectus acutus and Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani may occur along the edge of the riverbanks. Overall cover is 80-90% willows (Salix exigua and Salix lucida ssp. caudata), 8-14% Typha latifolia, and incidental Asclepias fascicularis, Populus deltoides, and Leymus cinereus.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: Myhre and Clements (1972) loosely describe this community using Salix lasiandra instead of Salix lucida ssp. caudata.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: Overall cover is 80-90% willows (Salix exigua and Salix lucida ssp. caudata), 8-14% Typha latifolia, and incidental Asclepias fascicularis, Populus deltoides, and Leymus cinereus. In addition, Schoenoplectus acutus (= Scirpus acutus) and Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani (= Scirpus validus) may occur along the edge of the riverbanks.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: No Data Available
Geographic Range: No Data Available
Nations: US
States/Provinces: CA?, CO, OR
Plot Analysis Summary:
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Confidence Level: Low
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G2
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.a Narrowleaf Willow - Hawthorn species - Stretchberry Rocky Mountain-Great Basin Riparian Shrubland Group | G526 | 2.C.4.Nb.5.a |
| Alliance | A3800 Narrowleaf Willow - Dewystem Willow Shrubland Alliance | A3800 | 2.C.4.Nb.5.a |
| Association | CEGL001204 Narrowleaf Willow - Greenleaf Willow Wet Shrubland | CEGL001204 | 2.C.4.Nb.5.a |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Salix exigua - Salix lucida ssp. lasiandra - Cornus serecia Association (Crowe et al. 2004)
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