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CEGL005849 Populus tremuloides / Urtica dioica Forest
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Quaking Aspen / Stinging Nettle Forest
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This forest association is reported from Waterton Lakes National Park in southern Alberta, Canada. Reconnaissance information suggests this type also occurs on fine-textured eolian material at the edge of Glacier National Park and onto the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Montana. It is present on flat, low-level, fluvial and glacio-fluvial landforms, near 1300 m (4260 feet) in elevation. Soils are well-drained Orthic Black Chernozems that are moderately well-developed, moderately acidic to moderately alkaline soils developed on coarse-textured glacio-fluvial material over Mesozoic soft rock. Soils as exemplified by the Glacier National Park data indicate a very low moisture-storage capacity, but this is manifestly not the case for the deep eolian soils found under this type on reservation lands. Litter and small rock dominate the ground surface. This association is a mesic, cold-deciduous, low-elevation, low-diversity forest. Overall tree cover is 65%, dominated exclusively by Populus tremuloides with heights of 5-10 m. Shrub cover is moderately low, averaging 15%, and is generally dominated by Symphoricarpos albus and Rosa woodsii. Herbaceous cover is very high at 100%. Urtica dioica, a species known to increase with grazing disturbance, dominates the herbaceous layer with 70% cover; other increasers (both native and introduced) having 5-10 % cover include Cirsium arvense, Bromus inermis, Hackelia micrantha, and Thalictrum occidentale. Native species that are present with low cover include Geranium viscosissimum, Calochortus apiculatus, Galium boreale, Maianthemum stellatum, Monarda fistulosa, Osmorhiza occidentalis, Senecio hydrophiloides, and Vicia americana.
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: No Data Available
Nations: CA,US
States/Provinces: AB, MT
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.731502
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 | CEGL005849 Quaking Aspen / Stinging Nettle Forest | CEGL005849 | 1.B.2.Nb.5.d |
Concept Lineage: Upgraded to Standard during screening.
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Populus tremuloides / Urtica dioica Forest [Provisional] (Hop et al. 2007)
= Populus tremuloides / Urtica dioica Vegetation Type (Achuff et al. 2002)
= Populus tremuloides / Urtica dioica Vegetation Type (Achuff et al. 2002)
- ANHIC [Alberta Natural Heritage Information Centre]. 2018. Community database files. Alberta Natural Heritage Information Centre, Parks and Protected Areas Division, Alberta Community Development, Edmonton.
- Achuff, P. L., R. L. McNeil, M. L. Coleman, C. Wallis and C. Wershler. 2002. Ecological land classification of Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta. Volume I: Integrated resource description. Parks Canada, Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta. 226 pp.
- Hop, K., M. Reid, J. Dieck, S. Lubinski, and S. Cooper. 2007. U.S. Geological Survey-National Park Service Vegetation Mapping Program: Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park. U.S. Geological Survey, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, La Crosse, WI. 131 pp. plus Appendices A-L.
- Reid, M. S., S. V. Cooper, and G. Kittel. 2004. Vegetation classification of Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park. Final report for USGS-NPS Vegetation Mapping Program, International Peace Park Mapping Project. NatureServe, Arlington VA.
- Western Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boulder, CO.