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CEGL001249 Vaccinium uliginosum / Carex aquatilis var. dives Wet Shrubland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Bog Blueberry / Sitka Sedge Wet Shrubland
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This shrubland association is currently only described from Oregon but may also occur in California. Additional global information will be added as it becomes available. It is common throughout the Deschutes Cascades and Winema Cascades physiographic areas but is absent eastward. Landforms occur in moderately high-elevation, low-gradient, headwater basins with cold, poorly drained soils and moderately short growing seasons. Sample plots were located at on the Winema National Forest and Deschutes National Forest. Microtopography is slightly undulating. Soils are wet, cold, deep, organics composed of sedge and woody peats. Soils are saturated season long, and the available water-holding capacity is very high. Water tables are at or slightly above the soil surface through much of the growing season and are still within 0.5 m of the soil surface in September. Vegetation is dominated by short shrubs (less than 1 m tall) and a sward of Carex aquatilis var. dives. Vaccinium uliginosum and the dwarf form of Salix eastwoodiae are the dominant shrubs. Dwarf forms of Salix boothii and Salix commutata are often present and their physiology is very similar to Salix eastwoodiae. Two sampled stands have significant cover of Betula nana, again in a dwarf form. Grasses and forbs are very inconspicuous. Dwarfed Picea engelmannii and Pinus contorta may be scattered through the stand on hummocks but are not representative of the site as a whole.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: No Data Available
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: This wet shrubland occurs in Oregon and possibly California.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: CA?, OR
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688791
Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G4
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.4 Vancouverian Lowland Marsh, Wet Meadow & Shrubland Macrogroup | M073 | 2.C.4.Nb.4 |
| Group | 2.C.4.Nb.4.c Alder species - Willow species - Meadowsweet species Wet Shrubland Group | G322 | 2.C.4.Nb.4.c |
| Alliance | A1123 Bog Blueberry - Dwarf Bilberry Wet Shrubland Alliance | A1123 | 2.C.4.Nb.4.c |
| Association | CEGL001249 Bog Blueberry / Sitka Sedge Wet Shrubland | CEGL001249 | 2.C.4.Nb.4.c |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Vaccinium occidentalis / Carex sitchensis (Kovalchik 1987) [(p.86)]
= Vaccinium uliginosum / Carex aquatilis var. dives Association (Crowe et al. 2004)
= Vaccinium uliginosum / Carex aquatilis var. dives Wet Shrubland (DiPaolo et al. 2018)
= Vaccinium uliginosum / Carex aquatilis var. dives Association (Crowe et al. 2004)
= Vaccinium uliginosum / Carex aquatilis var. dives Wet Shrubland (DiPaolo et al. 2018)
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