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Salix lemmonii / Mesic-Tall Forbs Wet Shrubland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Salix lemmonii / Mesic-Tall Forbs Wet Shrubland Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This upper montane-subalpine riparian shrubland association is known from the eastern Sierra Nevada, Carson Range, and Independence Range in northeastern Nevada at elevations ranging from 2088 to 3110 m (6800-10,200 feet). Stand widths are typically narrow on terraces and benches along streams but are occasionally very wide in wet meadows near seeps and springs. Valley-bottom gradients vary from flat to very high (0-7%) with sideslopes gentle to moderate (&lt;25%). Substrates are generally Cryoborolls with fine or coarse textures. Litter and cryptogams comprise half the ground cover. The vegetation is characterized by a dense tall-shrub layer (2-5 m tall) that is dominated by <i>Salix lemmonii</i>, with an herbaceous layer dominated by tall and mesic forbs. Occasional <i>Alnus incana</i> are emergent over willows, and <i>Ribes</i> spp., <i>Lonicera involucrata</i>, and <i>Symphoricarpos oreophilus</i> are often present and may form an open short-shrub layer (1-2 m tall). Abundant and consistent species in the moderately dense herbaceous layer include dominance or codominance by <i>Aconitum columbianum, Castilleja miniata, Conium maculatum, Lupinus polyphyllus, Mertensia ciliata, Osmorhiza occidentalis, Senecio triangularis, Thalictrum fendleri</i>, or <i>Veratrum californicum</i>. Other common forbs include <i>Chamerion angustifolium, Hackelia micrantha</i>, and <i>Solidago canadensis</i>. Low cover of graminoids, including <i>Bromus carinatus, Carex athrostachya, Carex microptera, Carex scopulorum</i>, or <i>Hordeum brachyantherum</i>, is common.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:31675-{96D84EC0-EA73-44A2-BB06-076F29C58F78} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 26-Jul-2005 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Salix eastwoodiae - Salix lemmonii Wet Shrubland Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686936 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL002771   Translated: Lemmon's Willow / Mesic-Tall Forbs Wet Shrubland   Scientific: Salix lemmonii / Mesic-Tall Forbs Wet Shrubland (convergence) and Synonyms: (similar) Salix lemmonii / Mesic-Tall Forbs Shrubland (similar) CEGL002771 (similar) Salix lemmonii / Mesic-Tall Forbs Shrubland