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CEGL008701 Salix orestera / Allium validum Wet Shrubland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Sierra Willow / Pacific Onion Wet Shrubland
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This shrubland 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 vegetation grows on low-gradient basin floors, streamsides, and wet meadows around 3200 m (10,500 feet) of elevation. Soils are seasonally saturated clay loams. This vegetation forms a dense shrub canopy between 1-2 m in height dominated by Salix orestera. Ribes montigenum is the only other shrub which contributes any appreciable cover. The diagnostic forb is Allium validum which contributes 2.5% cover, as does Potentilla gracilis. The herbaceous layer has several other forbs and graminoids which contribute only trace cover. These may include Achillea millefolium, Cirsium sp., Mimulus primuloides, Montia chamissoi, Muhlenbergia filiformis, Oreostemma alpigenum var. alpigenum, Penstemon rydbergii, Phleum alpinum, Carex fissuricola, Carex spectabilis, and/or Trisetum spicatum.
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 National Park. Information about its global range is not available without additional inventory.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: CA
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689349
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 | A2563 Sierra Willow Wet Shrubland Alliance | A2563 | 2.C.4.Nb.5.d |
| Association | CEGL008701 Sierra Willow / Pacific Onion Wet Shrubland | CEGL008701 | 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 orestera / Allium validum (Sawyer et al. 2009) [63.160.03]
= Salix orestera / Allium validum Shrubland (Keeler-Wolf 2002)
= Salix orestera/Allium validum Shrubland (Keeler-Wolf et al. 2012) [(Taylor 1984)]
= Salix orestera / Allium validum Shrubland (Keeler-Wolf 2002)
= Salix orestera/Allium validum Shrubland (Keeler-Wolf et al. 2012) [(Taylor 1984)]
- 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.