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CEGL001196 Salix eastwoodiae / Carex utriculata Wet Shrubland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Mountain Willow / Northwest Territory Sedge Wet Shrubland
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: Shrublands dominated by Salix eastwoodiae occur in subalpine habitats above 2300 m in the northern Rocky Mountains. Salix eastwoodiae dominates a low to medium height (1-2 m) shrub layer with lesser amounts of Salix planifolia and Lonicera caerulea. Carex utriculata is always present. The shrublands create broad open meadow/willow mosaics and may occur at the mouths of tributaries and in oxbows associated with forested habitat. Soils are saturated at or near the surface through mid-summer.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: This association was originally described by Mutz and Queiroz (1983) as the Salix eastwoodiae / Carex aquatilis - Carex utriculata plant association. Their type included stands with understories dominated by Carex aquatilis on coarse-textured soils and stands with the understories dominated by Carex utriculata on wetter, finer-textured soils. Field work has not occurred in the area covered by the classification to determine the validity of splitting this association into two distinct types.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: Salix eastwoodiae dominates a low to medium height (1-2 m) shrub layer with lesser amounts of Salix planifolia and Lonicera caerulea. Carex utriculata is always present.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: Shrublands dominated by Salix eastwoodiae occur in subalpine habitats above 2300 m in the northern Rocky Mountains. The shrublands create broad open meadow/willow mosaics and may occur at the mouths of tributaries and in oxbows associated with forested habitat. Soils are saturated at or near the surface through mid-summer.
Geographic Range: This association is known to occur in Idaho in the Salmon River Mountains.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: ID
Plot Analysis Summary:
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Confidence Level: Low
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G2?
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 | A3774 Mountain Willow - Lemmon''s Willow Wet Shrubland Alliance | A3774 | 2.C.4.Nb.5.d |
| Association | CEGL001196 Mountain Willow / Northwest Territory Sedge Wet Shrubland | CEGL001196 | 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 eastwoodiae - Salix commutata / Carex utriculata Association (Crowe et al. 2004)
= Salix eastwoodiae / Carex aquatilis - Carex utriculata Plant Association (Mutz and Queiroz 1983)
= Salix eastwoodiae / Carex aquatilis - Carex utriculata Plant Association (Mutz and Queiroz 1983)
- 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.
- Crowe, E. A., B. L. Kovalchik, and M. J. Kerr. 2004. Riparian and wetland vegetation of central and eastern Oregon. Oregon Natural Heritage Information Center, Institute for Natural Resources, Oregon State University, Portland. 473 pp. [http://oregonstate.edu/ornhic/ publications.html]
- 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).
- Mutz, K. M., and J. Queiroz. 1983. Riparian community classification for the Centennial Mountains and South Fork Salmon River, Idaho. Unpublished report prepared for USDA Forest Service Intermountain Region under contract 53-84M8-2-0048 by Meiiji Resource Consultants, Layton, UT. 168 pp.
- Western Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boulder, CO.