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A.297 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.297
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: This alliance contains vegetation that is dominated by ~Salix nigra$ and that occurs in temporarily flooded sites, i.e., surface water is present for brief periods during the growing season, but the water table usually lies well below soil surface. Other canopy species that may be present include ~Populus deltoides, Planera aquatica, Betula nigra, Platanus occidentalis, Celtis laevigata, Fraxinus pennsylvanica, Carya illinoinensis, Diospyros virginiana, Quercus nigra, Cornus drummondii, Ulmus americana, Acer rubrum, Acer negundo, Acer saccharinum$ (in the Mississippi River Alluvial Plain north of Memphis, Tennessee), ~Catalpa bignonioides$ (in range), and ~Morus rubra$. The herbaceous and shrub strata may be absent to fairly dense, and species that may be present include ~Ampelopsis arborea, Mikania scandens, Toxicodendron radicans, Polygonum$ spp., ~Erechtites hieraciifolia, Boehmeria cylindrica, Commelina virginica, Eupatorium serotinum, Phytolacca americana, Asplenium platyneuron$, and others. This alliance is common on the fronts of both small rivers and streams and larger rivers where it is a component of point bar succession. This alliance is common throughout the southeastern and southern midwestern United States. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.1902.A297
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Mar-2005
     
  • status: accepted
  • Community's Parent: I.B.2.N.d
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: SALIX NIGRA TEMPORARILY FLOODED FOREST ALLIANCE
  Code: A.297
  Common: Black Willow Temporarily Flooded Forest Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Salix nigra Temporarily Flooded Forest Alliance