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Forestiera pubescens Shrubland | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Forestiera pubescens Shrubland
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: The only described occurrences of this association are from Colorado in the San Miguel/Dolores River Basin between 4400 and 5500 feet in elevation. The Forestiera pubescens Shrubland consists of a dense to open canopy of Forestiera pubescens often with Rhus trilobata on the flat benches and floodplains adjacent to and above the river channel. There is often a mix of riparian and upland vegetation in these areas with Salix exigua forming a dense band along the stream edge. This dense riparian shrubland can form a narrow, unfragmented, continuous cover that may alternate creek side to creek side, as part of the natural mosaic of the floodplain for one-tenth of a mile to several miles. Phragmites australis, a tall erect grass often occurs among the shrubs, with Artemisia tridentata, Ericameria nauseosa (= Chrysothamnus nauseosus), or Pinyon-Juniper dominating the adjacent upland vegetation. This appears to be a flood-tolerant association which may be excluded from grazing due to the density of shrub cover. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.22396.FORESTIERAPUBES
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Translated: Wild Privet Shrubland
  Scientific: Forestiera pubescens Shrubland
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687100 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL001168
  Common: Wild Privet Shrubland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Forestiera pubescens Shrubland