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Populus deltoides - Salix nigra Forest | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Populus deltoides - Salix nigra Forest Reference: Midwestern Ecology Working Group... Description: This cottonwood - black willow forest is characteristic of the fronts and banks of most major rivers and streams throughout the Central Forest Region, extending into the northern forest particularly within the Mississippi, Ohio, and Missouri River systems. It develops on bare, moist soil on recently formed sand bars, front-land ridges, and well-drained flats, along with Salix interior, Eragrostis hypnoides, Leptochloa panicea ssp. brachiata (= Leptochloa filiformis), Lipocarpha micrantha (= Hemicarpha micrantha), Rumex maritimus, Potentilla paradoxa, and Bidens spp. This natural community can also be found on abandoned fields and well-drained ridges in the first bottoms. Soils are formed in alluvium, are deep, medium-textured, and with adequate or excessive moisture available for vegetation during the growing season. The tree canopy is tall (to 30 m) and dominated by Populus deltoides and Salix nigra, although Fraxinus pennsylvanica, Acer saccharinum, Acer negundo, Platanus occidentalis, and Ulmus americana are also commonly encountered. Tree diversity is limited due to the dynamics of flooding and resultant deposition and scouring of sediments. The subcanopy is almost exclusively Salix nigra. The shrub layer is conspicuously absent in many parts of the range. Herbaceous growth can be thick and lush but is often patchy and sparse due to frequent inundation. Species most often encountered in the ground layer include Carex spp., Leersia oryzoides, Bidens spp., and Asteraceae spp.  Accession Code: VB.CC.27246.POPULUSDELTOIDE Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Nov-2014
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Populus deltoides Temporarily Flooded Forest Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Translated: Eastern Cottonwood - Black Willow Forest   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688809 NatureServe Explorer   Scientific: Populus deltoides - Salix nigra Forest   Common: Midwestern Cottonwood - Black Willow Forest   Code: CEGL002018 (convergence) and Synonyms: (undetermined) Populus deltoides - Salix nigra - Acer saccharinum Forest