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Populus tremuloides / Carex pellita Forest | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Populus tremuloides / Carex pellita Forest
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This association is a wide-ranging, linear or small-patch community type, found in eastern Washington and Oregon in the Columbia Basin, Okanogan Highlands, and the Blue Mountains. It is associated with ephemeral depressions, wetland sites, organic soils, shallow water tables, and with low-gradient headwater streams. Elevations range from 549 to 1647 m (1800-5400 feet). This is an open forest dominated by <i>Populus tremuloides</i> occasionally with <i>Pinus contorta var. latifolia</i> or <i>Betula papyrifera</i> in the northern portions of its range or with <i>Pinus ponderosa</i> in Oregon or <i>Betula occidentalis</i> in the Columbia Basin. The understory is graminoid-dominated. <i>Carex pellita (= Carex lanuginosa)</i> is indicative of this community type with high cover (well over 25% cover) in higher condition sites. <i>Carex microptera, Carex nebrascensis, Calamagrostis canadensis, Elymus glaucus</i>, and <i>Poa pratensis</i> are low cover sedge-grass associates. Forbs are frequent but rarely abundant. Shrub cover is typical low with <i>Salix boothii, Cornus sericea</i>, and <i>Rosa gymnocarpa</i> frequent in northern sites and <i>Cornus sericea</i> and <i>Symphoricarpos albus</i> on warmer sites. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.32734.CEGL000577
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.2.685678 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Translated: Quaking Aspen / Woolly Sedge Forest
  Scientific: Populus tremuloides / Carex pellita Forest
  Code: CEGL000577