Name:
Mimulus guttatus - (Mimulus spp.) Herbaceous Vegetation
Reference:
Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description:
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. <i>Mimulus guttatus</i> 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 <i>Mimulus</i> (<i>Mimulus guttatus, Mimulus lewisii, Mimulus moschatus</i>) may be the most dominant present. Generally mosses are present, as well as several other water-dependent herbaceous plants such as <i>Stellaria media</i><i>, Collinsia heterophylla, Cardamine</i> spp., <i>Eleocharis</i> spp., <i>Epilobium</i> spp., <i>Equisetum arvense, Carex</i> spp., <i>Salix</i> spp., <i>Juncus</i> spp., <i>Veronica americana, Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum, Cardamine</i> spp., and <i>Rorippa</i> spp. (= <i>Nasturtium</i> spp.). Graminoid species are usually present as well, often less abundant than the forb component, but usually very mesic.
Accession Code:
VB.CC.31853.CEGL005305
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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