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CEGL003140 Carex spectabilis - Sibbaldia procumbens Alpine Meadow
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Showy Sedge - Creeping Sibbaldia Alpine Meadow
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This herbaceous association is currently only known from Yosemite National Park in California, and the following description is based on occurrences there. Additional information will be added as it becomes available. This alpine herbaceous vegetation grows at about 3200 m (10,500 feet) of elevation on moderate to steep slopes near seeps. Aspects are generally south, and substrates are seasonally saturated silt loams derived from granitic or metamorphic parent materials. This is a well-drained community that occurs on stony and/or bouldery slopes often in small patches at the base of outcrops. This alpine grassland is heavily dominated by Carex spectabilis. No other graminoid or forb species achieves more than 1% cover, though 55 species have been recorded on plots of this type. Graminoids with high constancy include Poa secunda, Calamagrostis breweri, Trisetum spicatum, and various Poa, Juncus, and Elymus species. The forb Sibbaldia procumbens is diagnostic but attains only 0.3% cover and 70% constancy. Similar cover and constancy values are attained by the forbs Penstemon heterodoxus, Polygonum bistortoides, Rumex paucifolius, and Potentilla spp.
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 association is only known from the vicinity of Yosemite. Information about its global range is not available without additional inventory. Both nominal species range widely in alpine and boreal North America.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: CA
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688805
Confidence Level: Low
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G3?
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.b Longawn Sedge - Showy Sedge - Spreading Phlox Alpine-Subalpine Tundra Group | G320 | 4.B.1.Nb.3.b |
| Alliance | A1300 Showy Sedge Subalpine Meadow Alliance | A1300 | 4.B.1.Nb.3.b |
| Association | CEGL003140 Showy Sedge - Creeping Sibbaldia Alpine Meadow | CEGL003140 | 4.B.1.Nb.3.b |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Carex spectabilis - Sibbaldia procumbens (Sawyer et al. 2009) [45.155.01]
= Carex spectabilis - Sibbaldia procumbens Herbaceous Vegetation (Keeler-Wolf 2002)
= Carex spectabilis-Sibbaldia procumbens Herbaceous Vegetation (Keeler-Wolf et al. 2012)
= Carex spectabilis - Sibbaldia procumbens Herbaceous Vegetation (Keeler-Wolf 2002)
= Carex spectabilis-Sibbaldia procumbens Herbaceous Vegetation (Keeler-Wolf et al. 2012)
- Keeler-Wolf, T. 2002. Classification of the vegetation of Yosemite National Park and surrounding environs in Tuolumne, Mariposa, Madera and Mono counties, California. NatureServe in cooperation with the California Native Plant Society and California Natural Heritage Program, Wildlife and Habitat Data Analysis Branch, California Department of Fish and Game, Sacramento, CA. August 2002.
- Keeler-Wolf, T., M. Schindel, S. San, P. Moore, and D. Hickson. 2003a. Classification of the vegetation of Yosemite National Park and surrounding environs in Tuolumne, Mariposa, Madera and Mono counties, California. Unpublished report by NatureServe in cooperation with the California Native Plant Society and California Department of Fish and Game, Wildlife and Habitat Data Analysis Branch, Sacramento, CA.
- Keeler-Wolf, T., P. E. Moore, E. T. Reyes, J. M. Menke, D. N. Johnson, and D. L. Karavidas. 2012. Yosemite National Park vegetation classification and mapping project report. Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/YOSE/NRTR--2012/598. National Park Service, Fort Collins, CO.
- Sawyer, J. O., T. Keeler-Wolf, and J. Evens. 2009. A manual of California vegetation. Second edition. California Native Plant Society, Sacramento CA. 1300 pp.
- Taylor, D. W. 1984. Vegetation of the Harvey Monroe Hall Research Natural Area, Inyo National Forest, California. Unpublished report. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Berkeley, CA.
- Western Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boulder, CO.