Name:
Salix nigra Temporarily Flooded Forest Alliance
Reference:
Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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.21469.SALIXNIGRATEMPO
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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