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Salix orestera / Calamagrostis breweri Wet Shrubland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Salix orestera / Calamagrostis breweri Wet Shrubland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This shrubland association is currently only known from Yosemite National Park in California, and the following description is based on occurrences there. Additional information will be added as it becomes available. This palustrine association grows at about 3050 m (10,000 feet) of elevation on flat to gently sloping, seasonally flooded basin floors. Soils are silt loams derived from metamorphic parent materials. This association is characterized by an open shrub canopy less than 0.5 m in height dominated by <i>Salix orestera</i>. Some stands are codominated by <i>Vaccinium cespitosum</i>, with some <i>Pinus contorta</i>. The fairly dense herbaceous understory is dominated by graminoids, primarily <i>Calamagrostis breweri</i>. Other graminoids may be present including <i>Carex fissuricola, Ptilagrostis kingii</i>, and small amounts of <i>Juncus parryi, Poa secunda</i>, and/or <i>Trisetum spicatum</i>. Forbs present may include <i>Antennaria rosea, Senecio scorzonella</i>, and traces of <i>Symphyotrichum spathulatum var. spathulatum, Castilleja lemmonii, Chamerion angustifolium</i>, and/or <i>Lupinus lepidus</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:36741-{D90F9C02-1294-4E0B-B970-52A467B5D429}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 06-May-2010 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683231 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL008702
  Translated: Sierra Willow / Shorthair Reedgrass Wet Shrubland
  Scientific: Salix orestera / Calamagrostis breweri Wet Shrubland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) Salix orestera / Calamagrostis breweri Shrubland
(similar) Salix orestera / Calamagrostis breweri Shrubland