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A.969 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.969
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: This shrubland alliance is reported from sandy terraces along major rivers and washes in southwestern Colorado and northeastern Arizona, but likely occurs elsewhere in the southwestern U.S. Elevation ranges from 1500-1650 m. Stands typically form a narrow, but continuous, band about 3 m above the channel on streambanks and natural levees at the interface between the riparian and drier uplands. They occur on the outer edge of the active floodplain. Soils range from silty clays over clay loam to sandy loam. Vegetation within this alliance is classified as temporarily flooded, cold-deciduous shrubland and is characterized by a moderate to dense short-shrub layer dominated by ~Forestiera pubescens$ with 15-80% cover. In Colorado ~Rhus trilobata$ and ~Cornus sericea$ are common shrub associates with 5-40% cover. ~Atriplex canescens$ and ~Ericameria nauseosa$ are common associates in Arizona. The herbaceous layer may be sparse to moderately dense depending on shrub cover. One stand had high cover of ~Sporobolus airoides$. Forb cover is usually insignificant. In Colorado, ~Salix exigua$ shrublands and ~Eleocharis palustris$ wetlands occur in adjacent riparian areas. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.2595.A969
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: III.B.2.N.d
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: FORESTIERA PUBESCENS TEMPORARILY FLOODED SHRUBLAND ALLIANCE
  Code: A.969
  Common: Wild-privet Temporarily Flooded Shrubland Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Forestiera pubescens Temporarily Flooded Shrubland Alliance