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Salix monticola / Carex utriculata Shrubland | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Salix monticola / Carex utriculata Shrubland
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This plant association is found throughout the southern Rocky Mountains of Colorado. It occurs along wet banks and terraces of low-gradient, subalpine streams at 2500-3100 m (8300-10,240 feet) elevation in broad valley bottoms, commonly near beaver ponds. Soils are heavy clay loams, sandy clay loams, and heavy silty clays, often with significant organic matter. This plant association is a tall (1.5-2.5 m [5-8 feet]), deciduous shrubland with an open canopy of willows and a thick understory of grasses and sedges. Willows establish on higher hummocks, while <i>Carex utriculata</i> establishes at the water margins and in wet swales between willow hummocks. The willow canopy is dominated by <i>Salix monticola</i> (10-80% cover), although other species may include <i>Salix geyeriana, Salix brachycarpa, Salix drummondiana, Salix ligulifolia (= Salix eriocephala var. ligulifolia)</i>, and <i>Salix boothii</i>. The undergrowth is dominated by patches of <i>Carex utriculata</i>, but <i>Carex aquatilis, Deschampsia caespitosa</i>, and <i>Calamagrostis canadensis</i> are often present as well. Total forb cover is generally <10% and may include <i>Cardamine cordifolia, Mertensia ciliata</i>, and <i>Heracleum maximum</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.32462.CEGL002657
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:   Translated: Park Willow / Northwest Territory Sedge Shrubland
  Scientific: Salix monticola / Carex utriculata Shrubland
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688508 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL002657