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Salix hookeriana - (Salix sitchensis) Shrubland | Christy, J. A. 2004. Native fres...
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Name: Salix hookeriana - (Salix sitchensis) Shrubland
Reference: Christy, J. A. 2004. Native fres...
Description: According to Christy (2004), this association occurs in depressions in floodplains and potholes in basalt scablands of western Oregon and Washington. The association is undersampled, but it is common and widespread in the Willamette Valley, along the Columbia River, and at lower elevations in the Cascade Range. It represents clonal shrub swamps of the inland morphotype of <i>Salix hookeriana</i> that was previously called <i>Salix piperi</i>. Shrub swamps of this species occur in two phases determined by composition of the herb layer. Stands are typically dense thickets and are either monotypes of <i>Salix hookeriana</i> or have admixtures of <i>Salix sitchensis</i> and/or <i>Spiraea douglasii</i>. In two plots from northwestern Oregon, <i>Salix hookeriana</i> has an average cover of 78% and ranging from 65-90%. Densely branched adventitious roots on the lower stems of <i>Salix hookeriana</i> and large whitish mats of dried algae may remain draped like tents over roots and trunks after water levels recede. <i>Fontinalis antipyretica</i> and <i>Dichelyma uncinatum</i> are conspicuous in the moss layer. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.37314.CEGL003387
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
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Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
  • This Community's Level: association
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Translated: Dune Willow - (Sitka Willow) Shrubland
  Scientific: Salix hookeriana - (Salix sitchensis) Shrubland
  Code: CEGL003387
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