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Salix planifolia / Mesic Forbs Wet Shrubland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Salix planifolia / Mesic Forbs Wet Shrubland Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019 Description: This is often a low-statured shrubland, but it can be up to 2 m in height. It typically occurs on slightly sloping valley floors. Stands occur in wide, glaciated valleys, in swales, depressions and on slopes where snowmelt runoff saturates soils for much of the growing season. This shrubland is dominated by <i>Salix planifolia</i> with 14-90% canopy cover. It can be the only shrub present, or other shrubs may be present and sometimes codominant, such as <i>Salix brachycarpa</i> and <i>Betula glandulosa</i>. Other shrub species may be present but are generally never as abundant as <i>Salix planifolia</i>; they include <i>Salix boothii, Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda</i>, and <i>Lonicera involucrata</i>. Forbs dominate the herbaceous layer over graminoids. The herbaceous understory typically covers 40% of the surface and is dominated by a mix of mesic forbs, particularly <i>Caltha leptosepala var. leptosepala, Cardamine cordifolia, Delphinium barbeyi, Mertensia ciliata, Pedicularis</i> spp., <i>Senecio triangularis, Saxifraga odontoloma, Trollius laxus ssp. albiflorus, Viola macloskeyi ssp. pallens, Veronica wormskjoldii</i>, and <i>Angelica ampla</i>. There are also typically a few graminoids. The most frequent include <i>Calamagrostis canadensis, Carex aquatilis</i>, and <i>Carex haydeniana</i>. Scattered <i>Picea engelmannii</i> trees are rarely present.  Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:31795-{0C076251-447C-4409-B700-AD2FE117AB93} Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 16-Jun-2005 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Salix boothii - Salix geyeriana - Salix lutea Montane Wet Shrubland Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689706 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL002893   Translated: Diamondleaf Willow / Mesic Forbs Wet Shrubland   Scientific: Salix planifolia / Mesic Forbs Wet Shrubland (convergence) and Synonyms: (similar) Salix planifolia / Mesic Forbs Shrubland (similar) Salix planifolia / Mesic Forbs Shrubland [Provisional]