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CEGL005986 Salix irrorata / Carex rostrata Wet Shrubland

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available

Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Dewystem Willow / Beaked Sedge Wet Shrubland

Colloquial Name: No Data Available

Hierarchy Level:  Association

Type Concept: This association is found in the Upper Mimbres River watershed and upper Rio Grande in southwestern and north-central New Mexico, respectively. Preliminary data suggest that this type occurs on narrow depositional bars along high-gradient mountain streams at elevations ranging from 1980 to 2260 m (6500-7400 feet). These sites are probably annually flooded, and hence soils are relatively wet (wetness ranks of 2) and have been reported as sandy-skeletal, Typic Fluvaquents and riverwash. Salix irrorata is well-represented to abundant, while other shrubs are few and scattered. Populus angustifolia or Populus deltoides regeneration is usually present. The undergrowth is dominated by Carex rostrata along with other native graminoid wetland indicators such as Carex microptera, Elymus trachycaulus, Glyceria striata, and Juncus longistylis. Forbs are diverse and variable; 41 have been recorded for the type, 30 of which are native. Common wetland forbs include Epilobium ciliatum, Equisetum arvense, Equisetum laevigatum, Lycopus americanus, Mentha arvensis, Mimulus guttatus, Prunella vulgaris, and Rudbeckia laciniata.

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: No Data Available

Dynamics:  No Data Available
Environmental Description:  No Data Available
Geographic Range: This association is found in the Upper Mimbres River watershed (Grant County) and upper Rio Grande (Rio Arriba and Taos counties) in southwestern and north-central New Mexico, respectively.

Nations: US

States/Provinces:  NM


Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented

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.a Narrowleaf Willow - Hawthorn species - Stretchberry Rocky Mountain-Great Basin Riparian Shrubland Group G526 2.C.4.Nb.5.a
Alliance A3800 Narrowleaf Willow - Dewystem Willow Shrubland Alliance A3800 2.C.4.Nb.5.a
Association CEGL005986 Dewystem Willow / Beaked Sedge Wet Shrubland CEGL005986 2.C.4.Nb.5.a
Concept Lineage: No Data Available

Predecessors: No Data Available

Obsolete Names: No Data Available

Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Bluestem Willow/Beaked Sedge CT (Muldavin et al. 2000a)
Concept Author(s): E. Muldavin et al. (2000a)

Author of Description: E. Muldavin et al.

Acknowledgements: No Data Available

Version Date: 07-21-04
  • Muldavin, E., P. Durkin, M. Bradley, M. Stuever, and P. Mehlhop. 2000a. Handbook of wetland vegetation communities of New Mexico. Volume I: Classification and community descriptions. Final report to the New Mexico Environment Department and the Environmental Protection Agency prepared by the New Mexico Natural Heritage Program, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.
  • NHNM [Natural Heritage New Mexico]. No date. Unpublished data on file. Natural Heritage New Mexico, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.
  • Western Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boulder, CO.