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Populus angustifolia / Salix (monticola, drummondiana, lucida) Woodland | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Populus angustifolia / Salix (monticola, drummondiana, lucida) Woodland
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This riparian woodland association occurs at moderate elevations (2400-2700 m) on all types of active floodplains throughout the Colorado Plateau, Great Basin and San Juan Mountains of Colorado, Utah and Nevada. Stands generally occur within 0.3-1.4 m (1-4.5 feet) of the active channel elevation. All sites show signs of active flooding; soils are somewhat deep (1 m) loamy to clay soils over very coarse alluvial layers. This is an early- to mid-seral stage of more mature Populus angustifolia-dominated plant associations, with an upper canopy dominated by young (12-53 cm dbh) Populus angustifolia (25-80% cover) and a diverse understory of willows and other shrubs. The shrub understory (15-85% cover) consistently includes two or more willow species of the following: Salix exigua, Salix ligulifolia (= Salix eriocephala var. ligulifolia), Salix monticola, Salix lucida ssp. caudata, Salix drummondiana, and Salix geyeriana, although none individually exceeds 10% cover. Other shrubs present may include Rosa woodsii, Ribes spp., Alnus incana, Crataegus rivularis, Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda (= Pentaphylloides floribunda), and/or Symphoricarpos spp., with none exceeding 5% cover. The herb layer is generally low in total cover (10-30% cover forbs, 10-15% cover graminoids). Common herbaceous species include Maianthemum stellatum, Erigeron spp., and the introduced species Trifolium spp., Poa pratensis, and Bromus inermis. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.21046.POPULUSANGUSTIF
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 09-Apr-1998 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Code: CEGL002645
  Translated: Narrowleaf Cottonwood / (Mountain Willow, Drummond's Willow, Whiplash Willow) Woodland
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685589 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Scientific: Populus angustifolia / Salix (monticola, drummondiana, lucida) Woodland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Populus angustifolia / Salix (monticola, drummondiana, lucida) Woodland