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Populus tremuloides / Carex aquatilis var. aquatilis Forest | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Populus tremuloides / Carex aquatilis var. aquatilis Forest
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This is a local wetland forest reported only from northeastern Oregon. It is known from moist, flat basins at moderate elevations in the mountains. Stands have seasonally wet, fine-textured mineral soils with evident mottling in a layer 29 inches below the soil surface. <i>Populus tremuloides</i> is the dominant tree. <i>Picea engelmannii</i> can be a codominant. <i>Pinus contorta</i> may be present with low cover. The understory, which has no shrubs, is dominated by graminoids, with <i>Carex aquatilis var. aquatilis</i> and <i>Calamagrostis canadensis</i> codominant, and <i>Deschampsia caespitosa, Elymus glaucus, Glyceria striata (= Glyceria elata), Carex jonesii, Carex deweyana</i>, and <i>Juncus nevadensis</i> present. Exotics include <i>Phleum pratense</i> and <i>Poa pratensis</i>. Forbs present include <i>Veratrum viride, Pedicularis groenlandica, Symphyotrichum foliaceum (= Aster foliaceus), Canadanthus modestus (= Aster modestus), Senecio serra</i>, and <i>Geum macrophyllum</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.32737.CEGL003442
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]
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  Translated: Quaking Aspen / Water Sedge Forest
  Scientific: Populus tremuloides / Carex aquatilis var. aquatilis Forest
  Code: CEGL003442