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Populus fremontii - Salix gooddingii Riparian Woodland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Populus fremontii - Salix gooddingii Riparian Woodland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This riparian woodland community occurs from the Trans-Pecos region of western Texas to the Mojave Desert in southeastern California and southern Nevada, north into the Colorado Plateau in western Colorado and southern Utah. <i>Populus fremontii</i> and <i>Salix gooddingii</i> may be nearly equal in abundance, or either may dominate. The understories of most examples have been considerably altered by grazing and other factors, thus the shrub layer is generally lacking. A large variety of shrub and tree saplings may be present; however, these do not form a true shrub layer. An herbaceous layer is often present and dominated by a mix of annuals and short-lived perennials. This association is dependent upon a subsurface water supply which varies considerably throughout the growing season. Major flood events and consequent flood scour, overbank deposition of water and sediments, and stream meandering are important factors that shape this community. Soils are typically stratified sands, loams, and gravels. This deciduous woodland typically towers above the surrounding vegetation. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:29853-{9AC9DE49-772E-47DF-B115-08C81A0CDA38}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 33
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 18-May-2018 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685892 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL000944
  Translated: Fremont Cottonwood - Goodding's Willow Riparian Woodland
  Scientific: Populus fremontii - Salix gooddingii Riparian Woodland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) Populus fremontii - Salix gooddingii Woodland
(similar) CEGL000944
(similar) Populus fremontii - Salix gooddingii Woodland