Login | Datasets | Logout
Jump to... Home PLOT search PLANT search COMMUNITY search Simple search Manage datasets Tutorial About FAQ ------- Site map VegBranch Data dictionary ERD

stdcommconcept2173221732

View Community Concepts - Detail

Populus deltoides / Pascopyrum smithii Woodland | Western Ecology Working Group of...
click to update datacart
Name: Populus deltoides / Pascopyrum smithii Woodland Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of... Description: This association represents riparian woodlands on the Great Plains of eastern Wyoming and possibly eastern Montana, western Dakotas and Nebraska. Stands have been documented in Wyoming from 1143 to 1387 m (3750-4550 feet) elevation, primarily along small streams (<50 feet wide), on alluvial soils in a range of textural classes. The vegetation is simple in structure. Populus deltoides ssp. monilifera dominates a tree overstory that may consist of scattered large trees in old stands or of denser, small- or -medium-sized trees in younger stands. Scattered shrubs may be present. The herbaceous undergrowth is composed of short or mid-height grasses and forbs, and Pascopyrum smithii contributes as much canopy cover to the undergrowth as does any other native species. As with other Populus deltoides woodlands, stands of this association generally are early- to mid-seral; Populus deltoides seedlings become established on bare sediment bars laid down by flood waters, and trees in the even-aged overstory are not replaced by younger cottonwoods as they age and die. Several different Populus deltoides associations share a number of plant species in the herbaceous undergrowth (including Pascopyrum smithii), and this association contains the woodlands in which Pascopyrum smithii contributes at least as much cover as does any other native graminoid.  Accession Code: VB.CC.21732.POPULUSDELTOIDE Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 26-May-2000 to: 17-Nov-2014
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Populus deltoides Temporarily Flooded Woodland Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Scientific: Populus deltoides / Pascopyrum smithii Woodland   Translated: Eastern Cottonwood / Western Wheatgrass Woodland   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685122 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL002680   Common: Plains Cottonwood / Western Wheatgrass Woodland (convergence) and Synonyms: (undetermined) Populus deltoides (ssp. wislizeni, ssp. monilifera) / Pascopyrum smithii Woodland