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CEGL000605 Populus tremuloides / Sambucus racemosa Forest
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Quaking Aspen / Red Elderberry Forest
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This quaking aspen forest association occurs in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado and Utah. This description is based on information from Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in Colorado. Additional global information will be added as it becomes available. This association is known from a moderately steep toeslope at 3106 m elevation. The surveyed stand is southeast-facing. Soils are somewhat poorly drained loams. Litter and duff are the dominant ground cover, but wood has significant cover. The sampled stand appears to be early-successional. Populus tremuloides is present with >60% cover in a multi-layered canopy with heights ranging from 5-20 m tall. The short-shrub layer is dominated by Sambucus racemosa with 20% cover. The herbaceous layer has 5-15% graminoid cover and 25-35% forb cover. Dominant graminoid species include Carex siccata and Calamagrostis canadensis. Dominant forb species include Chamerion angustifolium, Thalictrum fendleri, and Maianthemum stellatum.
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: Populus tremuloides is present with >60% cover in a multi-layered canopy with heights ranging from 5-20 m tall. The short-shrub layer is dominated by Sambucus racemosa with 20% cover. The herbaceous layer has 5-15% graminoid cover and 25-35% forb cover. Dominant graminoid species include Carex siccata (= Carex foenea var. foenea) and Calamagrostis canadensis. Dominant forb species include Chamerion angustifolium, Thalictrum fendleri, and Maianthemum stellatum.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This association is known from a moderately steep toeslope at 3106 m elevation. The surveyed stand is southeast-facing. Soils are somewhat poorly drained loams. Litter and duff are the dominant ground cover, but wood has significant cover. The sampled stand appears to be early-successional.
Geographic Range: This forest association occurs in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado and Utah.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: CO, UT
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689816
Confidence Level: Low
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G2G3
Greasons: No Data Available
| Type | Name | Database Code | Classification Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class | 1 Forest & Woodland Class | C01 | 1 |
| Subclass | 1.B Temperate & Boreal Forest & Woodland Subclass | S15 | 1.B |
| Formation | 1.B.2 Cool Temperate Forest & Woodland Formation | F008 | 1.B.2 |
| Division | 1.B.2.Nb Rocky Mountain Forest & Woodland Division | D194 | 1.B.2.Nb |
| Macrogroup | 1.B.2.Nb.5 Subalpine Fir - Engelmann Spruce - Whitebark Pine Rocky Mountain Forest Macrogroup | M020 | 1.B.2.Nb.5 |
| Group | 1.B.2.Nb.5.d Quaking Aspen Rocky Mountain Forest & Woodland Group | G222 | 1.B.2.Nb.5.d |
| Alliance | A2036 Quaking Aspen Rocky Mountain Forest & Woodland Alliance | A2036 | 1.B.2.Nb.5.d |
| Association | CEGL000605 Quaking Aspen / Red Elderberry Forest | CEGL000605 | 1.B.2.Nb.5.d |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Populus tremuloides / Sambucus racemosa Community Type (Mueggler 1988)
- 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.
- Mueggler, W. F. 1988. Aspen community types of the Intermountain Region. General Technical Report INT-250. USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station, Ogden, UT. 135 pp.
- Mueggler, W. F., and R. B. Campbell, Jr. 1986. Aspen community types of Utah. Research Paper INT-362. USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Ogden, UT.
- Salas, D. E., J. Stevens, K. Schulz, M. Artmann, B. Friesen, S. Blauer, E. W. Schweiger, and A. Valdez. 2010b. Vegetation classification and mapping project report: Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve. Natural Resource Report NPS/ROMN/NRR--2010/179. National Park Service, Fort Collins, CO.
- Western Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boulder, CO.