Login | Datasets | Logout
 

View Community Concepts - Detail

Salix planifolia / Mesic Forbs Shrubland | Western Ecology Working Group of...
  click to update datacart
Name: Salix planifolia / Mesic Forbs Shrubland
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This is often a low-statured shrubland, but it can be up to 2 m in height. It typically occurs on slightly sloping valley floors. Stands occur in wide, glaciated valleys, in swales, depressions and on slopes where snowmelt runoff saturates soils for much of the growing season. This shrubland is dominated by <i>Salix planifolia</i> with 14-90% canopy cover. It can be the only shrub present, or other shrubs may be present and sometimes codominant, such as <i>Salix brachycarpa</i> and <i>Betula glandulosa</i>. Other shrub species may be present but are generally never as abundant as <i>Salix planifolia</i>; they include <i>Salix boothii, Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda</i>, and <i>Lonicera involucrata</i>. Forbs dominate the herbaceous layer over graminoids. The herbaceous understory typically covers 40% of the surface and is dominated by a mix of mesic forbs, particularly <i>Caltha leptosepala var. leptosepala, Cardamine cordifolia, Delphinium barbeyi, Mertensia ciliata, Pedicularis</i> spp., <i>Senecio triangularis, Saxifraga odontoloma, Trollius laxus ssp. albiflorus, Viola macloskeyi ssp. pallens, Veronica wormskjoldii</i>, and <i>Angelica ampla</i>. There are also typically a few graminoids. The most frequent include <i>Calamagrostis canadensis, Carex aquatilis</i>, and <i>Carex haydeniana</i>. Scattered <i>Picea engelmannii</i> trees are rarely present. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.32100.CEGL002893
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
  • This Community's Level: association
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689706 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Translated: Diamondleaf Willow / Mesic Forbs Shrubland
  Scientific: Salix planifolia / Mesic Forbs Shrubland
  Code: CEGL002893