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Populus deltoides / Equisetum laevigatum Forest |
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Name: Populus deltoides / Equisetum laevigatum Forest
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Description: This community is found along low-gradient streams at elevations between 1780 and 1920 m (5825-6300 feet) in the Rio Grande and Pecos River basins in north-central New Mexico and probably elsewhere in northern New Mexico. Sites typically are associated with island bars or sidebars that flood every 5 to 25 years (discharge ratios range from 2.0 to 3.2). It is also known to occur in swales or shallow valley depressions that may not necessarily be directly associated with a river channel, but rather are watered from springs. Soils are relatively deep, moist, sandy to coarse-loamy Entisols (Aeric Fluvaquents, Oxyaquic Ustifluvents, and Typic Endoaquents). Indications of wetness (hydric) conditions such as gray mottles are usually evident in the first 50 cm. This community is characterized by a moderately open to closed canopy of young and mature <i>Populus deltoides</i>. <i>Salix exigua</i> is present, but low in cover, along with other scattered shrubs. The herbaceous understory is well-represented and dominated by <i>Equisetum</i> spp., along with several other wetland indicators that include <i>Schoenoplectus pungens</i> or <i>S</i><i>choenoplectus acutus, Eleocharis palustris, Juncus balticus, Juncus saximontanus</i>, and <i>Juncus tenuis</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.31457.CEGL005970
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
  • This Community's Level: association
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.737965 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Translated: Eastern Cottonwood / Smooth Horsetail Forest
  Scientific: Populus deltoides / Equisetum laevigatum Forest
  Code: CEGL005970