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Salix boothii - Salix eastwoodiae / Carex nigricans Shrubland | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Salix boothii - Salix eastwoodiae / Carex nigricans Shrubland Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of... Description: This high-elevation riparian shrubland association is known from the Cascade Range in Oregon. Sites are on glacial outwash floodplains near alpine-subalpine lakes. Substrate is a rocky, sand-textured soil. The vegetation is characterized by a low-shrub layer (<1 m tall) that is codominated <i>Salix boothii</i> and <i>Salix eastwoodiae</i> with <i>Phyllodoce empetriformis</i> and <i>Kalmia microphylla</i> also present. The relatively sparse herbaceous layer is dominated by <i>Carex nigricans</i>. Other herbaceous species include <i>Antennaria</i> spp., <i>Carex scopulorum, Eleocharis quinqueflora (= Eleocharis pauciflora), Juncus drummondii, Lupinus latifolius, Pedicularis groenlandica</i>, and <i>Triantha glutinosa (= Tofieldia glutinosa)</i>.  Accession Code: VB.CC.32381.CEGL002607 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.2.687171 NatureServe Explorer   Translated: Booth's Willow - Mountain Willow / Black Alpine Sedge Shrubland   Scientific: Salix boothii - Salix eastwoodiae / Carex nigricans Shrubland   Code: CEGL002607