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CEGL001994 Tauschia stricklandii - Vaccinium deliciosum Alpine Meadow
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Strickland''s Umbrella-wort - Cascade Bilberry Alpine Meadow
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This association is limited to seasonally wet subalpine meadows on the northern and western sides of Mount Rainier, Washington. Sites are flat and have poor drainage. Soils are wet in early spring after snow melt and then dry out completely later in the summer. The vegetation is dominated by forbs or a mixture of forbs and dwarf-shrubs. Tauschia stricklandii is always dominant or codominant. Vaccinium deliciosum is common and typically codominant. Ranunculus eschscholtzii, Oreostemma alpigenum, Claytonia lanceolata, and Antennaria lanata are also frequent. Moss and lichen cover is typically nearly continuous in spaces between vascular plants.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: This type may be better classified as a deciduous dwarf-shrubland, but data are inadequate to definitively ascertain. It may also be temporarily flooded as opposed to upland.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
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Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: The vegetation is dominated by forbs or a mixture of forbs and dwarf-shrubs. Tauschia stricklandii is always dominant or codominant. Vaccinium deliciosum is common and typically codominant. Ranunculus eschscholtzii, Oreostemma alpigenum (= Aster alpigenus), Claytonia lanceolata, and Antennaria lanata are also frequent. Moss and lichen cover is typically nearly continuous in spaces between vascular plants.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This association is limited to seasonally wet subalpine meadows on the northern and western sides of Mount Rainier, Washington. Sites are flat and have poor drainage. Soils are wet in early spring after snow melt and then dry out completely later in the summer.
Geographic Range: Restricted to the northern and western sides of Mount Rainier National Park in Washington.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: WA
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687893
Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G2
Greasons: No Data Available
| Type | Name | Database Code | Classification Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class | 4 Polar & High Montane Scrub, Grassland & Barrens Class | C04 | 4 |
| Subclass | 4.B Temperate to Polar Alpine & Tundra Vegetation Subclass | S12 | 4.B |
| Formation | 4.B.1 Temperate & Boreal Alpine Tundra Formation | F037 | 4.B.1 |
| Division | 4.B.1.Nb Western North American Alpine Tundra Division | D043 | 4.B.1.Nb |
| Macrogroup | 4.B.1.Nb.3 Vancouverian Alpine Tundra Macrogroup | M101 | 4.B.1.Nb.3 |
| Group | 4.B.1.Nb.3.a Black Crowberry - Pink Mountain-heath - Western Moss-heather Alpine-Subalpine Dwarf-shrubland & Heath Group | G317 | 4.B.1.Nb.3.a |
| Alliance | A3331 Pink Mountain-heath - Western Moss-heather - Cascade Bilberry Alpine Dwarf-shrubland Alliance | A3331 | 4.B.1.Nb.3.a |
| Association | CEGL001994 Strickland''s Umbrella-wort - Cascade Bilberry Alpine Meadow | CEGL001994 | 4.B.1.Nb.3.a |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Vaccinium deliciosum-Tauschia stricklandii Dwarf-shrubland (Crawford et al. 2009)
- Bourgeron, P. S., and L. D. Engelking, editors. 1994. A preliminary vegetation classification of the western United States. Unpublished report. The Nature Conservancy, Western Heritage Task Force, Boulder, CO. 175 pp. plus appendix.
- Crawford, R. C., C. B. Chappell, C. C. Thompson, and F. J. Rocchio. 2009. Vegetation classification of Mount Rainier, North Cascades, and Olympic national parks. Plant association descriptions and identification keys: Appendices A-G. Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/NCCN/NRTR--2009/D-586. National Park Service, Fort Collins, CO. 586 pp.
- Hamann, M. J. 1972. Vegetation of alpine and subalpine meadows of Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. Unpublished thesis, Washington State University, Pullman. 120 pp.
- WNHP [Washington Natural Heritage Program]. 2018. Unpublished data files. Washington Natural Heritage Program, Department of Natural Resources, Olympia, WA.
- Western Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boulder, CO.