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A.3566 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.3566 Reference: EcoArt 2002 Description: This widespread Russian-olive woodland alliance is found in the northern Great Plains, Utah, and probably throughout much of the western United States and adjacent Canada. It is a naturalized type that has been widely planted in hedgerows for windbreaks. It has since spread to a variety of native habitats, particularly more mesic ones, such as near streams and rivers. In Badlands National Park, this type occupies a portion of shoreline along the White River, upstream of a highway bridge (Von Loh et al. 1999). In Ouray National Wildlife Refuge in Utah these woodlands are found in the floodplain along the Green River and in upland basins and drainages. Stands tend to be small and linear. The vegetation is dominated by the tree ~Elaeagnus angustifolia$ with a variety of native and introduced species in the shrub and herbaceous layers. Associated species have not been characterized. In a stand in Badlands National Park of South Dakota, ~Elaeagnus angustifolia$ is dominant. Canopy closure approaches 40-50%, about equal to the tall-shrub cover provided by ~Salix exigua$. ~Amorpha fruticosa$ and ~Pascopyrum smithii$ make up the short-shrub and herbaceous cover, which are less than 10%. At Ouray National Wildlife Refuge in Utah, tree canopies were denser to (80% cover) and had remnant ~Populus fremontii$ trees (to 10% cover). Other than a few native grasses (~Sporobolus airoides, Distichlis spicata$, and ~Hordeum jubatum$) and ~Atriplex patula$ in the herbaceous layer, the understory was dominated by introduced species, both in the moderately dense to dense tall-shrub layer (~Tamarix ramosissima$) and in the herbaceous layer (~Lepidium latifolium, Descurainia sophia$, and ~Bassia scoparia (= Kochia scoparia)$).  Accession Code: VB.CC.2031.A3566 Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 08-Nov-1999 to: 17-Mar-2005
	status: accepted Community's Parent: I.B.2.N.a This Community's Level: Alliance This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Scientific: ELAEAGNUS ANGUSTIFOLIA SEMI-NATURAL WOODLAND ALLIANCE   Code: A.3566   Common: Russian-olive Semi-natural Woodland Alliance (convergence) and Synonyms: (undetermined) Elaeagnus angustifolia Semi-natural Woodland Alliance