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Salix orestera / Calamagrostis breweri Shrubland | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Salix orestera / Calamagrostis breweri Shrubland
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This shrubland association is currently only known from Yosemite National Park in California, and the following description is based on occurrences there. Additional information will be added as it becomes available. This palustrine association grows at about 3050 m (10,000 feet) of elevation on flat to gently sloping, seasonally flooded basin floors. Soils are silt loams derived from metamorphic parent materials. This association is characterized by an open shrub canopy less than 0.5 m in height dominated by <i>Salix orestera</i>. Some stands are codominated by <i>Vaccinium caespitosum</i>, with some <i>Pinus contorta</i>. The fairly dense herbaceous understory is dominated by graminoids, primarily <i>Calamagrostis breweri</i>. Other graminoids may be present including <i>Carex fissuricola, Ptilagrostis kingii</i>, and small amounts of <i>Juncus parryi, Poa secunda</i>, and/or <i>Trisetum spicatum</i>. Forbs present may include <i>Antennaria rosea, Senecio scorzonella</i>, and traces of <i>Symphyotrichum spathulatum var. spathulatum (= Aster occidentalis var. occidentalis), Castilleja lemmonii, Chamerion angustifolium (= Epilobium angustifolium)</i>, and/or <i>Lupinus lepidus</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.32530.CEGL008702
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.2.683231 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Translated: Sierra Willow / Shorthair Reedgrass Shrubland
  Scientific: Salix orestera / Calamagrostis breweri Shrubland
  Code: CEGL008702