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Tamarix spp. Temporarily Flooded Ruderal Shrubland | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Tamarix spp. Temporarily Flooded Ruderal Shrubland
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This broadly defined association is composed of shrublands which form moderately dense to dense thickets on banks of larger streams across the western Great Plains, interior and southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico. Stands are dominated by introduced species of <i>Tamarix</i>, including <i>Tamarix ramosissima, Tamarix chinensis, Tamarix gallica</i>, and <i>Tamarix parviflora</i>. <i>Tamarix</i> spp. were introduced from the Mediterranean and have become naturalized in various sites, including salt flats and other saline habitats, springs, and especially along streams and regulated rivers, where it replaces the native vegetation, such as shrublands dominated by species of <i>Salix</i> or <i>Prosopis</i> or woodlands of <i>Populus</i> spp. A remnant herbaceous layer may be present, depending on the age and density of the shrub layer, although in many cases this layer also consists of aggressive exotic species such as <i>Lepidium latifolium</i>. <i>Tamarix</i> species have become a critical nuisance along most large rivers in the semi-arid West and, because of permanent changes in flood regimes and the difficulty of removing trees, reflect irreversibly changed vegetation on many sites. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.31953.CEGL003114
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:   Translated: Tamarisk species Temporarily Flooded Ruderal Shrubland
  Scientific: Tamarix spp. Temporarily Flooded Ruderal Shrubland
  Code: CEGL003114
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