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Salix drummondiana / Mesic Forbs Shrubland | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Salix drummondiana / Mesic Forbs Shrubland
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This riparian shrubland most commonly occurs on relatively steep streams and rarely forms more than a narrow, 1.5- to 7.5-m (5-25 feet) wide band along streambanks. It is known from the mountains of Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and Montana, from 960-3500 m (3150-11,300 feet). It occurs in narrow, V-shaped valleys as a dense, narrow band along high-gradient (1-41%) streams and as large willow shrublands in broad valleys, 50-300 m (150-1000 feet) wide, along low-gradient (1-3%), moderately sinuous streams. Stands also occur along broad, highly sinuous streams and broad, actively down-cutting channels. This association can also occur near seeps. Soils range from deep sandy loams and sandy clay loams with no coarse fragments to shallow silty clay loams and sandy clay loams over coarse, angular cobbles. The closed to partially open canopy of Salix drummondiana and a thick carpet of many forb species, with no single species dominant nor consistently present, characterize this plant association. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.23498.SALIXDRUMMONDIA
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Translated: Drummond's Willow / Mesic Forbs Shrubland
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686692 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL001192
  Scientific: Salix drummondiana / Mesic Forbs Shrubland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Salix drummondiana / Mesic Forbs Shrubland