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Salix boothii - Salix eastwoodiae / Carex nigricans Wet Shrubland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Salix boothii - Salix eastwoodiae / Carex nigricans Wet Shrubland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This high-elevation riparian shrubland association is known from the Cascade Range in Oregon. Sites are on glacial outwash floodplains near alpine-subalpine lakes. Substrate is a rocky, sand-textured soil. The vegetation is characterized by a low-shrub layer (&lt;1 m tall) that is codominated <i>Salix boothii</i> and <i>Salix eastwoodiae</i> with <i>Phyllodoce empetriformis</i> and <i>Kalmia microphylla</i> also present. The relatively sparse herbaceous layer is dominated by <i>Carex nigricans</i>. Other herbaceous species include <i>Antennaria</i> spp., <i>Carex scopulorum, Eleocharis quinqueflora, Juncus drummondii, Lupinus latifolius, Pedicularis groenlandica</i>, and <i>Triantha glutinosa</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:31515-{F02F0A18-6FDB-4D75-B01C-0C20AE7DFAD5}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 01-Sep-2004 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687171 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL002607
  Translated: Booth's Willow - Mountain Willow / Black Alpine Sedge Wet Shrubland
  Scientific: Salix boothii - Salix eastwoodiae / Carex nigricans Wet Shrubland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL002607
(similar) Salix boothii - Salix eastwoodiae / Carex nigricans Shrubland
(similar) Salix boothii - Salix eastwoodiae / Carex nigricans Shrubland