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CEGL001183 Salix boothii / Poa palustris Wet Shrubland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Booth''s Willow / Fowl Bluegrass Wet Shrubland
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This plant association occurs on alluvial terraces adjacent to small streams in southeastern Idaho and northeastern Utah. Salix boothii dominates the dense overstory. Lesser amounts of Salix geyeriana are usually present. Poa palustris is the understory dominant, and Maianthemum stellatum may be codominant. Other species that are present in the understory include Carex utriculata, Mertensia ciliata, and Symphyotrichum foliaceum.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: This community is a minor type that was sampled infrequently in the mid-1980s in southeastern Idaho and northeastern Utah by Padgett et al. (1989) and Youngblood et al. (1985a). This community was reported as a human-induced community type in wetland surveys in the Henrys Fork Basin in eastern Idaho (Jankovsky-Jones 1996). This community type may represent poor quality stands of plant associations such as ~Salix boothii / Calamagrostis canadensis Wet Shrubland (CEGL001175)$$ or ~Salix boothii / Mesic Forbs Wet Shrubland (CEGL001180)$$.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: Salix boothii dominates the dense overstory. Lesser amounts of Salix geyeriana are usually present. Poa palustris is the understory dominant, and Maianthemum stellatum (= Smilacina stellata) may be codominant. Other species that are present in the understory include Carex utriculata, Mertensia ciliata, and Symphyotrichum foliaceum (= Aster foliaceus).
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This plant association occurs on alluvial terraces adjacent to small streams in southeastern Idaho and northeastern Utah.
Geographic Range: The community type is reported from eastern Idaho and Utah.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: ID, UT
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688662
Confidence Level: Low
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: GNR
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 | A3769 Booth''s Willow - Geyer''s Willow - Yellow Willow Montane Wet Shrubland Alliance | A3769 | 2.C.4.Nb.5.d |
| Association | CEGL001183 Booth''s Willow / Fowl Bluegrass Wet Shrubland | CEGL001183 | 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 boothii / Poa palustris Community Type (Padgett et al. 1989)
- 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.
- IDCDC [Idaho Conservation Data Center]. 2005. Wetland and riparian plant associations in Idaho. Idaho Conservation Data Center, Idaho Department of Fish and Game, Boise. [http://fishandgame.idaho.gov/tech/CDC/ecology/wetland_riparian_assoc.cfm] (accessed 14 June 2005).
- Padgett, W. G., A. P. Youngblood, and A. H. Winward. 1989. Riparian community type classification of Utah and southeastern Idaho. Research Paper R4-ECOL-89-0. USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Ogden, UT.
- 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.