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Elaeagnus angustifolia Semi-natural Woodland Alliance | Midwestern Ecology Working Group...
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Name: Elaeagnus angustifolia Semi-natural Woodland Alliance Reference: Midwestern Ecology Working Group... Description: This widespread Russian-olive woodland alliance is found in the northern Great Plains, Utah, and probably throughout much of the western United States and adjacent Canada. It is a naturalized type that has been widely planted in hedgerows for windbreaks. It has since spread to a variety of native habitats, particularly more mesic ones, such as near streams and rivers. In Badlands National Park, this type occupies a portion of shoreline along the White River, upstream of a highway bridge (Von Loh et al. 1999). In Ouray National Wildlife Refuge in Utah these woodlands are found in the floodplain along the Green River and in upland basins and drainages. Stands tend to be small and linear. The vegetation is dominated by the tree Elaeagnus angustifolia with a variety of native and introduced species in the shrub and herbaceous layers. Associated species have not been characterized. In a stand in Badlands National Park of South Dakota, Elaeagnus angustifolia is dominant. Canopy closure approaches 40-50%, about equal to the tall-shrub cover provided by Salix exigua. Amorpha fruticosa and Pascopyrum smithii make up the short-shrub and herbaceous cover, which are less than 10%. At Ouray National Wildlife Refuge in Utah, tree canopies were denser to (80% cover) and had remnant Populus fremontii trees (to 10% cover). Other than a few native grasses (Sporobolus airoides, Distichlis spicata, and Hordeum jubatum) and Atriplex patula in the herbaceous layer, the understory was dominated by introduced species, both in the moderately dense to dense tall-shrub layer (Tamarix ramosissima) and in the herbaceous layer (Lepidium latifolium, Descurainia sophia, and Bassia scoparia (= Kochia scoparia)).  Accession Code: VB.CC.28463.ELAEAGNUSANGUST Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
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	status: accepted This Community's Level: Alliance This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Scientific: Elaeagnus angustifolia Semi-natural Woodland Alliance   Translated: Russian-olive Semi-natural Woodland Alliance   UID: HIGHER_CLASS_UNIT.2.126662 NatureServe Explorer   Code: A.3566