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Salix monticola / Carex utriculata Wet Shrubland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Salix monticola / Carex utriculata Wet Shrubland Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This plant association is found throughout the southern Rocky Mountains of Colorado. It occurs along wet banks and terraces of low-gradient, subalpine streams at 2500-3100 m (8300-10,240 feet) elevation in broad valley bottoms, commonly near beaver ponds. Soils are heavy clay loams, sandy clay loams, and heavy silty clays, often with significant organic matter. This plant association is a tall (1.5-2.5 m [5-8 feet]), deciduous shrubland with an open canopy of willows and a thick understory of grasses and sedges. Willows establish on higher hummocks, while <i>Carex utriculata</i> establishes at the water margins and in wet swales between willow hummocks. The willow canopy is dominated by <i>Salix monticola</i> (10-80% cover), although other species may include <i>Salix geyeriana, Salix brachycarpa, Salix drummondiana, Salix ligulifolia</i>, and <i>Salix boothii</i>. The undergrowth is dominated by patches of <i>Carex utriculata</i>, but <i>Carex aquatilis, Deschampsia cespitosa</i>, and <i>Calamagrostis canadensis</i> are often present as well. Total forb cover is generally &lt;10% and may include <i>Cardamine cordifolia, Mertensia ciliata</i>, and <i>Heracleum maximum</i>.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:31565-{C1274B23-6BDF-44E8-A597-EE2AF670C04E} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 12
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 25-Jul-2005 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Salix monticola Wet Shrubland Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688508 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL002657   Translated: Park Willow / Northwest Territory Sedge Wet Shrubland   Scientific: Salix monticola / Carex utriculata Wet Shrubland (convergence) and Synonyms: (similar) Salix monticola / Carex utriculata Shrubland (similar) CEGL002657 (similar) Salix monticola / Carex utriculata Shrubland