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CEGL001137 Salix glauca / Deschampsia cespitosa Wet Shrubland

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available

Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Grayleaf Willow / Tufted Hairgrass Wet Shrubland

Colloquial Name: No Data Available

Hierarchy Level:  Association

Type Concept: This association is currently only described from Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. Additional global information will be added as it becomes available. One sampled stand of this association occurs on an east-facing toeslope at an elevation of 2945 m (9665 feet), and the other sampled stand occurs on a valley floor at an elevation of 3050 m (10,000 feet). Soil data are available for one stand; the soil is a well-drained gravelly loam. Small drainage rivulets involved with the spring melt occur in this stand and vicinity. This association is an upper montane to subalpine shrubland community that occurs on mesic sites. The short-shrub stratum includes Salix glauca (10 and 12% cover) and Salix brachycarpa, which occurs in one stand with 12% cover. Salix arctica occurs in one stand with 7% cover as a dwarf-shrub. Dominant graminoids include Deschampsia cespitosa (12 and 20% cover) in both stands and Carex microptera (7% cover) in one stand. Forbs that occur in both stands include Caltha leptosepala (12 and 30% cover), Potentilla diversifolia (1 and 3% cover), Gentiana calycosa (1% cover), and Pedicularis groenlandica (1% cover). Many other graminoids and forbs are present in just one stand with trace to 10% cover.

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 wet shrubland occurs from New Mexico to Wyoming.

Nations: US

States/Provinces:  CO, UT


Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented

Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G4

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 CEGL001137 Grayleaf Willow / Tufted Hairgrass Wet Shrubland CEGL001137 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 glauca / Deschampsia caespitosa Shrubland (Cogan et al. 2005)
Concept Author(s): Cogan et al. (2005)

Author of Description: C.B. Villalobos, K. Varga and M. Fain

Acknowledgements: No Data Available

Version Date: 07-19-18
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