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Salix monticola / Carex utriculata Shrubland | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Salix monticola / Carex utriculata Shrubland Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of... Description: This plant association is found throughout the southern Rocky Mountains ecoregion in Colorado. It occurs along wet banks and terraces of low-gradient, subalpine streams at 2500-3100 m (8300-10,240 feet) elevation in broad valley bottoms, commonly near beaver ponds. Soils are heavy clay loams, sandy clay loams, and heavy silty clays , often with significant organic matter. This plant association is a tall (1.5-2.5 m, 5-8 feet), deciduous shrubland with an open canopy of willows and a thick understory of grasses and sedges. Willows establish on higher hummocks, while Carex utriculata establishes at the water margins and in wet swales between willow hummocks. The willow canopy is dominated by Salix monticola (10-80% cover), although other species (with percent cover) may include Salix geyeriana (4-40%), Salix brachycarpa (2-28%), Salix drummondiana (1-20%), Salix ligulifolia (= Salix eriocephala var. ligulifolia) (1-11%), and Salix boothii (1%). The undergrowth is dominated by patches of Carex utriculata (1-44% cover), but Carex aquatilis (1-11% cover), Deschampsia caespitosa, and Calamagrostis canadensis are often present as well. Total forb cover is generally <10% cover and may include Cardamine cordifolia, Mertensia ciliata, and Heracleum maximum.  Accession Code: VB.CC.24048.SALIXMONTICOLAC Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 09-Apr-1998 to: 17-Nov-2014
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Salix monticola Temporarily Flooded Shrubland Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Translated: Mountain Willow / Beaked Sedge Shrubland   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688508 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL002657   Scientific: Salix monticola / Carex utriculata Shrubland (convergence) and Synonyms: (undetermined) Salix monticola / Carex utriculata Shrubland