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Salix monticola Wet Shrubland Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Salix monticola Wet Shrubland Alliance
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This is a montane riparian shrubland alliance that is characterized by a tall, nearly closed canopy of <i>Salix monticola</i> often with one or more other willow species such as <i>Salix geyeriana, Salix drummondiana, Salix lucida ssp. lasiandra, Salix planifolia</i> and <i>Salix wolfii</i>. Other shrubs may be present as well, such as <i>Cornus sericea, Betula glandulosa</i>, and <i>Lonicera involucrata</i>. The forb layer is dense (up to 50%) and consists of <i>Angelica ampla, Galium boreale, Geum macrophyllum, Senecio bigelovii, Solidago canadensis</i>, and others. Graminoids can also be very abundant with species such as <i>Calamagrostis canadensis, Carex utriculata</i>, and <i>Carex aquatilis</i>. This alliance occurs in the Rocky Mountains along stream reaches in wide to narrow valleys (20-500 m) with broad, swift-moving streams and active, flat (3-8%) floodplains. Elevations range between 2310 and 3350 m. Large stands occur between meanders and at the edges of beaver ponds. The ground surface is usually undulating, from past flooding or beaver activity. These shrublands occur right at stream's edge, and up to 15 m from the channel, usually &gt;0.5 m above the channel elevation. Soils are predominantly heavy silty clays with occasional to abundant mottling evident. Some stands occur on coarse, well-drained alluvium. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38143-{7A72D4AA-5BC9-4C3A-BAAC-47D287E8E4A3}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Sep-2014 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.899055 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A0981
  Translated: Park Willow Wet Shrubland Alliance
  Common: Park Willow Wet Shrubland
  Scientific: Salix monticola Wet Shrubland Alliance