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CEGL001175 Salix boothii / Calamagrostis canadensis Wet Shrubland

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available

Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Booth''s Willow / Bluejoint Wet Shrubland

Colloquial Name: No Data Available

Hierarchy Level:  Association

Type Concept: This riparian shrub association is found in the U.S. Rocky Mountains from western Montana south through western Wyoming, central and eastern Idaho, and northeastern Utah, into northern Colorado, and west as far as eastern Oregon and possibly eastern Washington. Stands occur on medium- or fine-textured mineral soils (sometimes with an appreciable volume of rock fragments) with a seasonally high water table, on terraces and gentle slopes. Elevations vary with geographic area from 1469 m (4820 feet) in Montana to over 2745 m (9000 feet) in the Uinta Mountains of Utah. The vegetation consists of a tall-shrub layer dominated by Salix boothii and often containing Salix geyeriana, Salix drummondiana, Salix eastwoodiae, or Salix commutata; often, a low-shrub layer of Lonicera involucrata, Ribes spp., and Salix wolfii; and a thick herbaceous layer in which Calamagrostis canadensis (or, in Montana, Calamagrostis stricta) contributes as much cover as does any other native species. The dominance of Salix boothii in the tall-shrub layer and Calamagrostis canadensis in the herbaceous layer set this association apart from other willow associations.

Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available

Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available

Classification Comments: Needed at some point is a regionwide review of the Rocky Mountain riparian willow shrub types (particularly the relationships of Salix boothii, Salix geyeriana, and Salix drummondiana communities) that reconciles different approaches used in different local classifications.

Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available

Floristics: The vegetation consists of a tall-shrub layer dominated by Salix boothii and often containing Salix geyeriana, Salix drummondiana, Salix eastwoodiae, or Salix commutata; often, a low-shrub layer of Lonicera involucrata, Ribes spp., and Salix wolfii; and a thick herbaceous layer in which Calamagrostis canadensis (or, in Montana, Calamagrostis stricta) contributes as much cover as does any other native species. The dominance of Salix boothii in the tall-shrub layer and Calamagrostis canadensis in the herbaceous layer set this association apart from other willow associations.

Dynamics:  No Data Available
Environmental Description:  This riparian shrub association is found in the U.S. Rocky Mountains from western Montana south through western Wyoming, central and eastern Idaho, and northeastern Utah, into northern Colorado, and west as far as eastern Oregon and possibly eastern Washington. Stands occur on medium- or fine-textured mineral soils (sometimes with an appreciable volume of rock fragments) with a seasonally high water table, on terraces and gentle slopes. Elevations vary with geographic area from 1469 to 2234 m (4820-7330 feet) in Montana, 1890 to 2290 m (6100-7500 feet) in western Wyoming and eastern Idaho, over 2745 m (9000 feet) in the Uinta Mountains of northeastern Utah, 2370 to 2700 m (7900-8900 feet) in northern Colorado, and about 2164 m (7100 feet) in eastern Oregon.
Geographic Range: This riparian shrub association is found in the U.S. Rocky Mountains from western Montana south through western Wyoming, central and eastern Idaho, and northeastern Utah, into northern Colorado, and west as far as eastern Oregon and possibly eastern Washington.

Nations: US

States/Provinces:  CO, ID, MT?, NV, OR, UT, WA?, WY


Confidence Level: Low

Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G3G4Q

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 CEGL001175 Booth''s Willow / Bluejoint Wet Shrubland CEGL001175 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 / Calamagrostis canadensis Community Type (Tuhy and Jensen 1982)
< Salix / Calamagrostis canadensis Plant Association (Kovalchik 2001)
>< Salix boothii - Salix commutata / Calamagrostis canadensis Association (Crowe et al. 2004)
>< Salix boothii / Calamagrostis canadensis Community Type (Youngblood et al. 1985a)
>< Salix boothii / Calamagrostis canadensis Community Type (Padgett et al. 1989)
= Salix boothii / Calamagrostis canadensis Wet Shrubland (DiPaolo et al. 2018)
>< Salix boothii / Poa pratensis Community Type, modal phase (Norton et al. 1981)
< Salix boothii / Mesic Graminoid Shrubland (Carsey et al. 2003a)
>< Salix geyeriana / Calamagrostis canadensis Community Type (Walford et al. 2001)
< Salix geyeriana / Calamagrostis canadensis Habitat Type (Hansen et al. 1995) [This habitat type includes stands dominated by or purely Salix boothii, which belong to this association.]
Concept Author(s): Western Ecology Group

Author of Description: G.P. Jones

Acknowledgements: No Data Available

Version Date: 09-27-04
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