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CEGL002893 Salix planifolia / Mesic Forbs Wet Shrubland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Diamondleaf Willow / Mesic Forbs Wet Shrubland
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This is often a low-statured shrubland, but it can be up to 2 m in height. It typically occurs on slightly sloping valley floors. Stands occur in wide, glaciated valleys, in swales, depressions and on slopes where snowmelt runoff saturates soils for much of the growing season. This shrubland is dominated by Salix planifolia with 14-90% canopy cover. It can be the only shrub present, or other shrubs may be present and sometimes codominant, such as Salix brachycarpa and Betula glandulosa. Other shrub species may be present but are generally never as abundant as Salix planifolia; they include Salix boothii, Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda, and Lonicera involucrata. Forbs dominate the herbaceous layer over graminoids. The herbaceous understory typically covers 40% of the surface and is dominated by a mix of mesic forbs, particularly Caltha leptosepala var. leptosepala, Cardamine cordifolia, Delphinium barbeyi, Mertensia ciliata, Pedicularis spp., Senecio triangularis, Saxifraga odontoloma, Trollius laxus ssp. albiflorus, Viola macloskeyi ssp. pallens, Veronica wormskjoldii, and Angelica ampla. There are also typically a few graminoids. The most frequent include Calamagrostis canadensis, Carex aquatilis, and Carex haydeniana. Scattered Picea engelmannii trees are rarely present.
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
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Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: This shrubland is dominated by Salix planifolia with 14-90% canopy cover. It can be the only shrub present, or other shrubs may be present and sometimes codominant, such as Salix brachycarpa and Betula glandulosa. Other shrub species may be present but are generally never as abundant as Salix planifolia; they include Salix boothii, Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda, and Lonicera involucrata. Forbs dominate the herbaceous layer over graminoids. The herbaceous understory typically covers 40% of the surface and is dominated by a mix of mesic forbs, particularly Caltha leptosepala var. leptosepala, Cardamine cordifolia, Delphinium barbeyi, Mertensia ciliata, Pedicularis spp., Senecio triangularis, Saxifraga odontoloma, Trollius laxus ssp. albiflorus, Viola macloskeyi ssp. pallens, Veronica wormskjoldii, and Angelica ampla. There are also typically a few graminoids. The most frequent include Calamagrostis canadensis, Carex aquatilis, and Carex haydeniana. Scattered Picea engelmannii trees are rarely present.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This is often a low-statured shrubland, but it can be up to 2 m in height. It typically occurs on slightly sloping valley floors. Stands occur in wide, glaciated valleys, in swales, depressions and on slopes where snowmelt runoff saturates soils for much of the growing season. The ground may be flat or uneven with raised hummocks. Stream gradient range from <1 to 14%. Stream channels may be steep, narrow first-order streams or relatively wide and straight, or narrow and sinuous, even braided channels that run through a myriad of beaver dams and ponds. Soils are highly variable; wetter sites have silty clays to silt loams. Drier locations have loamy sands. Some sites have an organic layer over mineral alluvium; many sites have indications of a fluctuating water table.
Geographic Range: This association is documented to occur in Colorado and Wyoming.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: CO, WY
Plot Analysis Summary:
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Confidence Level: Low
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 | CEGL002893 Diamondleaf Willow / Mesic Forbs Wet Shrubland | CEGL002893 | 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 planifolia / Mesic Forb Shrubland (Carsey et al. 2003a) [p.254.]
= Salix planifolia/Mesic forb (Kittel et al. 1999b)
= Planeleaf willow/Mesic Forbs (Salix planifolia/Mesic Forbs) Plant Association (Kittel et al. 1999a)
= Salix planifolia/Mesic forb (Kittel et al. 1999b)
= Planeleaf willow/Mesic Forbs (Salix planifolia/Mesic Forbs) Plant Association (Kittel et al. 1999a)
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