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Salix lutea / Leymus cinereus Shrubland | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Salix lutea / Leymus cinereus Shrubland
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
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- to 22-degree) 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 <i>Salix lutea</i> (80-85% cover) and sparse cover of the coarse bunchgrass <i>Leymus cinereus</i> (3-5%). Total vegetation cover is 87-92% in these densely vegetated stands. A shrub layer may be present that includes sparse cover of <i>Rosa woodsii</i> and <i>Artemisia tridentata ssp. tridentata</i>. Other herbaceous species present are the graminoid <i>Juncus balticus</i> and the forb <i>Maianthemum stellatum</i> that provide sparse cover. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.31872.CEGL005322
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
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  Translated: Yellow Willow / Basin Wildrye Shrubland
  Code: CEGL005322
  Scientific: Salix lutea / Leymus cinereus Shrubland