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Salix farriae / Eleocharis quinqueflora Saturated Shrubland | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Salix farriae / Eleocharis quinqueflora Saturated Shrubland
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This infrequent bog and poor fen association appears between 579-1525 m (1900-5000 feet) in northeastern Washington and the northernmost East Cascades. It is associated with very low-gradient streams and lakes in very broad, very low-gradient valleys. This bog association has deep moss-peat soils that usually remain saturated throughout the growing season and with little surface water exposed. These are anaerobic soils with poor nutrients, and they are much warmer than other low willow associations in the region. This association has low vascular species diversity and, as sampled in Washington, no species appears in all plots. The species that appear in over half the samples are: the less than 2-m tall willow <i>Salix farriae</i>, the forb <i>Comarum palustre</i>, the graminoids <i>Carex utriculata, Carex limosa</i>, and <i>Eleocharis quinqueflora</i>, and seedlings of <i>Picea engelmannii</i>. Species that occur in 33% of plots are <i>Salix planifolia ssp. planifolia (= var. monica), Betula glandulosa, Viola macloskeyi, Calamagrostis canadensis, Carex diandra</i>, and <i>Eriophorum angustifolium ssp. subarcticum</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.32526.CEGL000229
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:   Code: CEGL000229
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  Translated: Farr's Willow / Few-flower Spikerush Saturated Shrubland
  Scientific: Salix farriae / Eleocharis quinqueflora Saturated Shrubland