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Acer negundo Temporarily Flooded Forest Alliance | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Acer negundo Temporarily Flooded Forest Alliance Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro... Description: Temporarily flooded, early successional forests dominated by Acer negundo. This alliance is widespread but sporadic in the southeastern United States, and occurs at scattered locations in the Western Great Plains, lower montane Rocky Mountains, and Intermountain West. Characteristic species include Platanus occidentalis, Acer rubrum, Liquidambar styraciflua, Acer saccharinum, Ulmus alata, Celtis laevigata, and Populus deltoides. These forests are common on large rivers in the active floodplain and on sandbars. The shrub and herb layers range from sparse to relatively lush, and the vine component often is heavy. Forests dominated by Carya illinoinensis often succeed these forests within the range of the species. Pure stands occur on the Mississippi River batture on second ridges with heavy vine cover of Berchemia scandens and Vitis spp. These forests also occur in the Arkansas River Valley, with marginal examples on larger rivers in the Ouachita Mountains, and the Mississippi River Alluvial Plain, and also in the Nashville Basin of Tennessee and the Bluegrass Basin of Kentucky. Forests dominated by Acer negundo occur from near sea level in the Southeast to over 2300 m (ca. 7500 feet) in elevation in western Colorado. The presence of this alliance in the Southeastern Coastal Plains is apparently somewhat sporadic. It would be expected on the Apalachicola River in Florida and adjacent Georgia.  Accession Code: VB.CC.18235.ACERNEGUNDOTEMP Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 01-May-2019
	status: accepted This Community's Level: Alliance This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Scientific: Acer negundo Temporarily Flooded Forest Alliance   Translated: Box-elder Temporarily Flooded Forest Alliance   UID: HIGHER_CLASS_UNIT.2.125086 NatureServe Explorer   Code: A.278