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A.983 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.983
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: Communities within this cold-deciduous shrubland alliance occur in wide mountain valleys. Elevation ranges from 1950-3000 m. Stands occur along first- or second-order streams on well-drained slopes and on hummocks on the valley floor. The water table is usually within the top meter of soil, and groundwater slowly seeps to the surface. Stream channels are narrow, relatively deep and sinuous. Soils may be saturated in the spring and early summer, but dry somewhat during the summer as the water table drops. Soil textures often have a high organic content. ~Salix wolfii$ dominates the short-shrub layer with 20-100% cover. Other shrub species present include 0-80% cover of ~Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda (= Pentaphylloides floribunda), Salix planifolia, Salix boothii, Salix geyeriana$, and ~Salix brachycarpa$. Graminoid species are diverse, yet generally have a low cover. Graminoid species include 0-40% cover of ~Deschampsia caespitosa$ and ~Poa palustris$ and 0-10% cover each of ~Calamagrostis canadensis$ and various ~Carex$ species. Forb cover is variable with no single dominant species. Forb species include ~Mertensia ciliata, Senecio triangularis, Ligusticum porteri, Fragaria virginiana, Cardamine cordifolia, Geum macrophyllum$, and ~Heracleum maximum (= Heracleum lanatum)$. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.2611.A983
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Mar-2005
     
  • status: accepted
  • Community's Parent: III.B.2.N.d
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: SALIX WOLFII TEMPORARILY FLOODED SHRUBLAND ALLIANCE
  Code: A.983
  Common: Wolf Willow Temporarily Flooded Shrubland Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Salix wolfii Temporarily Flooded Shrubland Alliance