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Calamagrostis nutkaensis - Elymus glaucus Herbaceous Vegetation | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Calamagrostis nutkaensis - Elymus glaucus Herbaceous Vegetation Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of... Description: This is a tall grassland community occurring along the northern California and Oregon coast on open shore bluffs exposed to high winds and salt spray. Soils are deep (about 120 cm) with a high organic matter content (about 23.3%). Slopes are often quite steep and aspects vary. The association is dominated by <i>Calamagrostis nutkaensis</i> which averages approximately 60% cover, rising vertically in excess of 1 m and forming a dense and thick litter layer. <i>Elymus glaucus</i> averages about 2.5% cover. Other common taxa include <i>Symphyotrichum chilense (= Aster chilensis), Maianthemum dilatatum, Artemisia suksdorfii, Rubus ursinus, Festuca rubra, Heracleum maximum (= Heracleum lanatum), Pteridium aquilinum, Marah oreganus</i>, and <i>Achillea millefolium</i>. Emergent shrubs such as <i>Vaccinium ovatum</i>, and trees, such as <i>Picea sitchensis</i>, may be present. The type occurs as large blocks in open coastal headlands, and as a narrow band between the <i>Picea sitchensis</i> forests and the sparse <i>Festuca rubra</i> - herb-dominated salt-spray bluffs elsewhere along the Oregon and southwestern Washington coast. The association may occur in Washington.  Accession Code: VB.CC.34400.CEGL001564 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.2.684959 NatureServe Explorer   Translated: Pacific Reedgrass - Blue Wildrye Herbaceous Vegetation   Scientific: Calamagrostis nutkaensis - Elymus glaucus Herbaceous Vegetation   Code: CEGL001564