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A2609 Rubus spectabilis Wet Shrubland Alliance
Type Concept Sentence: This wetland shrubland occurs along low drainages, seeps, and swales usually within 1-2 km of the Pacific coast of California and possibly Oregon. Rubus spectabilis forms dense clonal thickets along seeps, ponds, lagoons, and creeks in the foggy coastal strip of the area.
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Salmonberry Wet Shrubland Alliance
Colloquial Name: Pacific Salmonberry Wet Shrubland
Hierarchy Level: Alliance
Type Concept: This wetland shrubland occurs along low drainages, seeps, and swales usually within 1-2 km of the Pacific Coast of California and possibly Oregon. Rubus spectabilis forms dense clonal thickets along seeps, ponds, lagoons, and creeks in the foggy coastal strip of the area.
Diagnostic Characteristics: Wet depressions dominated by Rubus spectabilis with no forest overstory canopy.
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: The California classification (Sawyer et al. 2009) describes a Rubus (parviflorus, spectabilis, ursinus) Shrubland Alliance as coastal bluff, headland, exposed shrubland, rather than depressional wetland.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: Deciduous shrub, up to 3 m (10 feet) tall.
Floristics: Rubus spectabilis forms dense clonal thickets along seeps, ponds, lagoons, and creeks in the foggy coastal strip of the area.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This alliance occurs along low drainages, seeps, and swales usually within 1-2 km of the Pacific Coast, in moist to wet soils.
Geographic Range: This alliance occurs within 1-2 km of the Pacific Coast in California and possibly Oregon.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: CA, OR?
Plot Analysis Summary:
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Confidence Level: Moderate
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.4 Vancouverian Lowland Marsh, Wet Meadow & Shrubland Macrogroup | M073 | 2.C.4.Nb.4 |
| Group | 2.C.4.Nb.4.c Alder species - Willow species - Meadowsweet species Wet Shrubland Group | G322 | 2.C.4.Nb.4.c |
| Alliance | A2609 Salmonberry Wet Shrubland Alliance | A2609 | 2.C.4.Nb.4.c |
| Association | CEGL003472 Salmonberry Wet Shrubland | CEGL003472 | 2.C.4.Nb.4.c |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: < Rubus (parviflorus, spectabilis, ursinus) (Coastal brambles) Alliance (Sawyer et al. 2009) [63.901.00]
< Rubus (parviflorus, spectabilis, ursinus) Alliance (Coastal brambles) (Buck-Diaz et al. 2012)
< Rubus (parviflorus, spectabilis, ursinus) Alliance (Coastal brambles) (Buck-Diaz et al. 2012)
- Buck-Diaz, J., S. Batiuk, and J. M. Evens. 2012. Vegetation alliances and associations of the Great Valley ecoregion, California. California Native Society, Sacramento, CA. [http://cnps.org/cnps/vegetation/pdf/great_valley_eco-vegclass2012.pdf]
- Faber-Langendoen, D., J. Drake, M. Hall, G. Kittel, S. Menard, C. Nordman, M. Pyne, M. Reid, M. Russo, K. Schulz, L. Sneddon, K. Snow, and J. Teague. 2013-2019b. Screening alliances for induction into the U.S. National Vegetation Classification: Part 1 - Alliance concept review. NatureServe, Arlington, VA.
- Sawyer, J. O., T. Keeler-Wolf, and J. Evens. 2009. A manual of California vegetation. Second edition. California Native Plant Society, Sacramento CA. 1300 pp.
- Western Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boulder, CO.