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A.640 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.640
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: Woodlands in this alliance are dominated by ~Salix gooddingii$, often with ~Fraxinus velutina$, and occur in mesic canyons and along floodplains in the Trans-Pecos of western Texas, southern New Mexico, southern Arizona and into Mexico. Composition varies with soil moisture and flooding regime. ~Populus fremontii$ is generally uncommon or absent. Among the canopy species that may be present are ~Sapindus saponaria var. drummondii, Juglans microcarpa, Celtis laevigata var. reticulata, Ungnadia speciosa, Prosopis glandulosa$, and ~Quercus pungens$. Woodlands in this alliance occur as isolated pockets in mesic desert canyons and along rocky floodplains of small, intermittent streams and is often associated with seeps and springs. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.2282.A640
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Mar-2005
     
  • status: accepted
  • Community's Parent: II.B.2.N.b
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: SALIX GOODDINGII TEMPORARILY FLOODED WOODLAND ALLIANCE
  Code: A.640
  Common: Goodding's Willow Temporarily Flooded Woodland Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Salix gooddingii Temporarily Flooded Woodland Alliance