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CEGL000219 Glyceria striata Wet Meadow

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available

Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Fowl Mannagrass Wet Meadow

Colloquial Name: No Data Available

Hierarchy Level:  Association

Type Concept: This association is a small-patch wetland and streamside riparian community in the inland Pacific Northwest. It is located at moderately low elevations between 455-1800 m (1500-5900 feet) in broad to moderately wide valleys with low- to very low-gradient wetlands along streams or ponds. Most sites are associated with organic soils or fine-textured soil-covered gravel that dry to 10 to 35 cm (4-20 inches). The grass Glyceria striata dominates the community. Other graminoids include Carex deweyana, Cinna latifolia, Agrostis spp., Carex utriculata, and Carex nebrascensis that contribute little to the community coverage. Shrubs (Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia, Ribes hudsonianum, Rosa spp.) and forbs (Equisetum spp. Galium triflorum, Geum macrophyllum, Veronica spp.) are rare.

Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available

Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available

Classification Comments: Crowe and Clausnitzer (1997) state that this type may overlap with Mimulus guttatus types of Diaz and Mellon (1996) in the Cascades, although published reports do not appear to reveal a floristic relationship. Beyond high cover of Glyceria striata, there are few common/constant species. Plot data represent a wide geographic, ecoregional, and condition distribution.

Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available

Floristics: The grass Glyceria striata (= Glyceria elata) dominates the community with over 35% cover. Other graminoids include Carex deweyana, Cinna latifolia, Agrostis spp., Carex utriculata, and Carex nebrascensis that contribute little to the community coverage. Shrubs (Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia, Ribes hudsonianum, Rosa spp.) and forbs (Equisetum spp. Galium triflorum, Geum macrophyllum, Veronica spp.) are rare.

Dynamics:  No Data Available
Environmental Description:  This association is a small-patch wetland and streamside riparian community in the inland Pacific Northwest. It is located at moderately low elevations between 455-1800 m (1500-5900 feet) in broad to moderately wide valleys with low- to very low-gradient wetlands along streams or ponds. Most sites are associated with organic soils or fine-textured soil-covered gravel that dry to 10 to 35 cm (4-20 inches).
Geographic Range: This wetland association occurs in the inland Pacific Northwest of Oregon and Washington.

Nations: US

States/Provinces:  OR, WA


Confidence Level: Moderate

Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G3

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.b Sedge species - Reedgrass species Montane Wet Meadow & Marsh Group G521 2.C.4.Nb.5.b
Alliance A3808 American Mannagrass - Fowl Mannagrass - Small Floating Mannagrass Wet Meadow Alliance A3808 2.C.4.Nb.5.b
Association CEGL000219 Fowl Mannagrass Wet Meadow CEGL000219 2.C.4.Nb.5.b
Concept Lineage: No Data Available

Predecessors: No Data Available

Obsolete Names: No Data Available

Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: ? Glyceria elata - Caltha leptosepala (Murray 2000)
? Glyceria elata (Crowe and Clausnitzer 1997) [Plot #10, p. 208.]
? Glyceria elata Association (Kovalchik 1993) [Plot #2, p. 179.]
= Glyceria elata Association (Crowe et al. 2004)
= Glyceria striata (McCain and Christy 2005) [5 plots]
= Glyceria striata Association (Christy 2004)
? Glyceria striata Dominance Type (Evans 1989b) [Plot #2, p. 29.]
= Glyceria striata association (Crawford 2003) [6 plots]
Concept Author(s): R.C. Crawford

Author of Description: R.C. Crawford

Acknowledgements: No Data Available

Version Date: 10-16-02
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