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CEGL005305 Mimulus guttatus - (Mimulus spp.) Seep
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Seep Monkeyflower - (Monkeyflower species) Seep
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This small community is known from California''s Coast Ranges, Sierra Nevada below 1220 m (4000 feet) elevation, and northeastern California, as well as central and southern Utah and Colorado. Mimulus guttatus is a small, delicate herb growing within the splash zone of small first-order streams, seeps, springs and hanging gardens. It occurs from 300 to 2390 m (1000-7840 feet) in elevation. This community is often found in narrow linear strips, occasionally broadening into small hollows, often overlooked for sampling, but universally recognized. It can occur on very steep cascades and waterfalls, on flat to steep seeps, or along gentle streams and floodplains (3-5%). The floristic composition is variable; several different species of Mimulus (Mimulus guttatus, Mimulus lewisii, Mimulus moschatus) may be the most dominant present. Generally mosses are present, as well as several other water-dependent herbaceous plants such as Stellaria media, Collinsia heterophylla, Cardamine spp., Eleocharis spp., Epilobium spp., Equisetum arvense, Carex spp., Salix spp., Juncus spp., Veronica americana, Nasturtium officinale, Cardamine spp., and Nasturtium spp. Graminoid species are usually present as well, often less abundant than the forb component, but usually very mesic.
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: The floristic composition is variable; several different species of Mimulus (Mimulus guttatus, Mimulus lewisii, Mimulus moschatus) may be the most dominant present. Generally, mosses are present, as well as several other water-dependent herbaceous plants such as Stellaria media, Collinsia heterophylla, Cardamine spp., Eleocharis spp., Epilobium spp., Equisetum arvense, Carex spp., Salix spp., Juncus spp., Veronica americana, Nasturtium officinale (= Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum), Cardamine spp., and Nasturtium spp. Graminoid species are usually present as well, often less abundant than the forb component, but usually very mesic. Occasionally, the graminoid component may be more abundant, and the Mimulus spp. component serves as an indicator species to this community.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: Mimulus guttatus is a small, delicate herb growing within the splash zone of small first-order streams, seeps, springs and hanging gardens. It occurs from 300 to 2390 m (1000-7840 feet) in elevation. This small community is often found in narrow linear strips, occasionally broadening into small hollows, often overlooked for sampling, but universally recognized. It can occur on very steep cascades and waterfalls, on flat to steep seeps, or along gentle streams and floodplains (3-5%) often bordered by a wet meadow community (graminoid- or forb-dominated). Substrates include mixed alluvium, serpentinite, and volcanics.
Geographic Range: This small community is known from California''s Coast Ranges, Sierra Nevada below 1220 m (4000 feet) elevation, northeastern California, the Cascades of Oregon, central and southern Utah, and Colorado.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: CA, CO, OR, UT
Plot Analysis Summary:
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Confidence Level: High
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: GNR
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 | A3812 Monkeyflower species - Parry''s Primrose - Scented Shootingstar Wet Meadow Alliance | A3812 | 2.C.4.Nb.5.b |
| Association | CEGL005305 Seep Monkeyflower - (Monkeyflower species) Seep | CEGL005305 | 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: = Mimulus guttatus - (Mimulus spp.) (Sawyer et al. 2009) [44.111.03]
= Mimulus guttatus - Vulpia microstachys (Klein et al. 2007)
> Mimulus guttatus (Sawyer et al. 2009) [44.111.01]
= Mimulus guttatus - (Mimulus spp.) Herbaceous Vegetation (Kittel et al. 2012a)
= Mimulus guttatus Plant Association (Diaz and Mellen 1996)
= Mimulus primuloides - Polygonum bistortoides Plant Association (Potter 2005)
= Seeps dominated by Mimulus guttatus and Veronica americana Miscellaneous Unclassified Community (Padgett et al. 1989) [(p. 115)]
= Mimulus guttatus - Vulpia microstachys (Klein et al. 2007)
> Mimulus guttatus (Sawyer et al. 2009) [44.111.01]
= Mimulus guttatus - (Mimulus spp.) Herbaceous Vegetation (Kittel et al. 2012a)
= Mimulus guttatus Plant Association (Diaz and Mellen 1996)
= Mimulus primuloides - Polygonum bistortoides Plant Association (Potter 2005)
= Seeps dominated by Mimulus guttatus and Veronica americana Miscellaneous Unclassified Community (Padgett et al. 1989) [(p. 115)]
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