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CEGL005322 Salix lutea / Leymus cinereus Wet Shrubland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Yellow Willow / Basin Wildrye Wet Shrubland
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This yellow willow riparian shrubland is only known from Fossil Butte National Monument in southwestern Wyoming. Stands occur in mesic drainages and landslide deposits. Sites are gentle or steep (2-22°) southern slopes at 2145-2177 m elevation. The unvegetated surface has high cover of litter, low exposure of bare soil, and low cover of small and large rocks and downed wood. Soils are fine-textured and derived from the Wasatch Formation or sandstones and shale that have eroded and deposited during a landslide. The vegetation is characterized by an almost continuous shrub canopy (2-5 m tall) dominated by Salix lutea (80-85% cover) and sparse cover of the coarse bunchgrass Leymus cinereus (3-5%). Total vegetation cover is 87-92% in these densely vegetated stands. A shrub layer may be present that includes sparse cover of Rosa woodsii and Artemisia tridentata ssp. tridentata. Other herbaceous species present are the graminoid Juncus arcticus ssp. littoralis and the forb Maianthemum stellatum that provide sparse cover.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: The taxonomy and geography for Salix lutea and Salix ligulifolia are often confused in the western U.S. According to Dorn (1995), Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico predominantly have Salix ligulifolia (which Dorn calls Salix eriocephala var. ligulifolia). It also occurs in far southeastern Wyoming. While California, Nevada, Utah, eastern Oregon, Idaho, Montana (mountains) and most of Wyoming have Salix lutea (which Dorn calls Salix eriocephala var. watsonii) (G. Kittel pers. comm. 2008).
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
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Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: The vegetation is characterized by an almost continuous shrub canopy (2-5 m tall) dominated by Salix lutea (80-85% cover) and sparse cover of the coarse bunchgrass Leymus cinereus (3-5%). Total vegetation cover is 87-92% in these densely vegetated stands. A shrub layer may be present that includes sparse cover of Rosa woodsii and Artemisia tridentata ssp. tridentata. Other herbaceous species present are the graminoid Juncus arcticus ssp. littoralis (= Juncus balticus) and the forb Maianthemum stellatum that provide sparse cover.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This yellow willow riparian shrubland is only known from Fossil Butte National Monument in southwestern Wyoming. Stands occur in mesic drainages and landslide deposits. Sites are gentle or steep (2-22°) southern slopes at 2145-2177 m elevation. The unvegetated surface has high cover of litter, low exposure of bare soil, and low cover of small and large rocks and downed wood. Soils are fine-textured and derived from the Wasatch Formation or sandstones and shale that have eroded and deposited during a landslide.
Geographic Range: This riparian shrubland association is only known from Fossil Butte National Monument in southwestern Wyoming.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: WY
Plot Analysis Summary:
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Confidence Level: Low
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.d Willow species - Alder species - Water Birch Riparian & Seep Shrubland Group | G527 | 2.C.4.Nb.5.d |
| Alliance | A3769 Booth''s Willow - Geyer''s Willow - Yellow Willow Montane Wet Shrubland Alliance | A3769 | 2.C.4.Nb.5.d |
| Association | CEGL005322 Yellow Willow / Basin Wildrye Wet Shrubland | CEGL005322 | 2.C.4.Nb.5.d |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Salix lutea / Leymus cinereus Wet Shrubland (Friesen et al. 2010)
- Dorn, R. D. 1995. A taxonomic study of Salix section Cordatae subsection Luteae (Salicaceae). Brittonia 47(2):160-174.
- Friesen, B. A., S. Blauer, K. Landgraf, J. Von Loh, J. Coles, K. Schulz, A. Tendick, A. Wight, G. Wakefield, and A. Evenden. 2010. Vegetation classification and mapping project report, Fossil Butte National Monument. Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/NCPN/NRTR--2010/319. National Park Service, Fort Collins, CO. 552 pp. [http://biology.usgs.gov/npsveg/fobu/foburpt.pdf]
- Western Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boulder, CO.