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CEGL003336 Myrica gale / Boykinia intermedia - Carex obnupta Fen
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Sweetgale / Sierra Brookfoam / Slough Sedge Fen
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This association occurs only around Lake Ozette on the western Olympic Peninsula of Washington. It is seasonally flooded. The soils are composed primarily of sand with some fibrous and heath peat. The open to closed shrub layer is 0.3-2.0 m tall and dominated primarily by the deciduous Myrica gale and secondarily by Spiraea douglasii. The herb layer is dominated by Boykinia intermedia and Carex obnupta. Deschampsia cespitosa codominates where the shrub canopy is open. An Asteraceae sp. and Dichanthelium acuminatum are usually present. This association is distinguished by the dominance or codominance of Myrica gale, Boykinia intermedia, and Carex obnupta.
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: The open to closed shrub layer is 0.3-2.0 m tall and dominated primarily by the deciduous Myrica gale and secondarily by Spiraea douglasii. The herb layer is dominated by Boykinia intermedia and Carex obnupta. Deschampsia cespitosa codominates where the shrub canopy is open. An Asteraceae sp. and Dichanthelium acuminatum are usually present. This association is distinguished by the dominance or codominance of Myrica gale, Boykinia intermedia, and Carex obnupta.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This association occurs only around Lake Ozette on the western Olympic Peninsula of Washington. It is seasonally flooded. The soils are composed primarily of sand with some fibrous and heath peat.
Geographic Range: This association occurs in a very localized area, on the western Olympic Peninsula of Washington.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: WA
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689590
Confidence Level: Low
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G1
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.2 Temperate to Polar Bog & Fen Formation | F016 | 2.C.2 |
| Division | 2.C.2.Na North American Bog & Fen Division | D029 | 2.C.2.Na |
| Macrogroup | 2.C.2.Na.3 Beach Pine / Bog Labrador-tea / Cusick''s Sedge North Pacific Bog & Fen Macrogroup | M063 | 2.C.2.Na.3 |
| Group | 2.C.2.Na.3.b North Pacific Acidic Open Bog & Fen Group | G284 | 2.C.2.Na.3.b |
| Alliance | A3585 Sweetgale - Rose Spirea - Dwarf Bilberry Shrub Fen Alliance | A3585 | 2.C.2.Na.3.b |
| Association | CEGL003336 Sweetgale / Sierra Brookfoam / Slough Sedge Fen | CEGL003336 | 2.C.2.Na.3.b |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Myrica gale - Spiraea douglasii / Boykinia sp. - Carex obnupta community type (Kunze 1994) [(p. 88)]
= Myrica gale / Aster sp. - Boykinia major - Deschampsia cespitosa community type (Kunze 1994) [(p. 85)]
= Myrica gale / Aster sp. - Boykinia major - Deschampsia cespitosa community type (Kunze 1994) [(p. 85)]
- Kunze, L. M. 1994. Preliminary classification of native, low elevation, freshwater wetland vegetation in western Washington. Washington State Department of Natural Resources, Natural Heritage Program. 120 pp.
- WNHP [Washington Natural Heritage Program]. 2018. Unpublished data files. Washington Natural Heritage Program, Department of Natural Resources, Olympia, WA.
- Western Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boulder, CO.