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Platanus wrightii / Brickellia californica Forest | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Platanus wrightii / Brickellia californica Forest
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This association is found in the Gila River watershed in southwestern New Mexico and probably in southeastern Arizona. Preliminary data suggest that this community can be expected to occur in smaller lowland drainages at around 1460 m (4800 feet) elevation. Sites are likely to be upper terraces which are infrequently flooded (10+ years estimated recurrence interval). Soils have been described as relatively dry Typic Ustifluvents with a cobbly matrix. Platanus wrightii is usually the sole overstory tree forming a moderately closed canopy. In the undergrowth, upland shrubs such as Brickellia californica dominate, but Baccharis salicifolia, a wetland indicator, are usually present. Upland grasses are common to well-represented in the understory and may include Aristida ternipes, Sporobolus cryptandrus, and Bouteloua curtipendula. Platanus wrightii / Baccharis salicifolia CT (New Mexico state type) is known to occur on adjacent lower bars towards the river. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.28044.PLATANUSWRIGHTI
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 19-Jul-2004 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Translated: Arizona Sycamore / California Brickelbush Forest
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.737479 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Scientific: Platanus wrightii / Brickellia californica Forest
  Code: CEGL005959
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Platanus wrightii / Brickellia californica Forest