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A.980 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.980
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: Communities within this cold-deciduous, temporarily flooded shrubland alliance occur on alluvial terraces adjacent to mountain rivers and streams. They occupy broad floodplains (0-6% slope), stream and river edges, ditches, seeps, and moist alluvial terraces. Elevations range from 1100-3600 m. Soils on the alluvial terraces are usually a deep silt or sand. These soils are saturated early in spring and often remain moist throughout the growing season. The tall-shrub canopy is continuous and dominated by ~Salix lutea$ with varying amounts of ~Salix exigua, Salix bebbiana$, and ~Salix boothii$. The short-shrub layer's cover is typically 25% or greater and consists of ~Ribes aureum, Ribes inerme$, and ~Rosa woodsii$. The graminoid layer ranges from sparse to dense canopy cover. Major herbaceous species include ~Calamagrostis canadensis, Carex utriculata, Calamagrostis stricta$, and ~Carex microptera$. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.2608.A980
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: SALIX LUTEA TEMPORARILY FLOODED SHRUBLAND ALLIANCE
  Code: A.980
  Common: Yellow Willow Temporarily Flooded Shrubland Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Salix lutea Temporarily Flooded Shrubland Alliance