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Populus angustifolia / Salix irrorata Riparian Woodland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Populus angustifolia / Salix irrorata Riparian Woodland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This riparian woodland association represents young, early-seral stands of <i>Populus angustifolia</i> occurring in the transition zone between <i>Populus angustifolia</i> and <i>Populus deltoides</i> in Colorado and the San Francisco River watershed in southwestern New Mexico. Stands are found at or below the high-water mark on streambanks, point bars and sidebars of meandering low-gradient rivers that are flooded perhaps every five years at mid elevations (1700-2200 m). Soils have been reported as sandy-skeletal Oxyaquic Ustifluvents. The association is characterized by all age classes of <i>Populus angustifolia</i>, but may include significant cover of <i>Populus deltoides ssp. monilifera</i> in stands in the upper South Platte River Basin of Colorado. <i>Populus x acuminata</i> and <i>Salix amygdaloides</i> may also be present. In New Mexico stands, <i>Populus angustifolia</i> and <i>Populus fremontii</i> codominate a dense tree canopy. <i>Salix irrorata</i> and <i>Salix exigua</i> codominate the shrubby understory. The shrub canopy consists of thick bands of willow along the streambank, mostly <i>Salix irrorata</i> but may include <i>Salix exigua, Salix monticola</i>, and <i>Alnus incana</i>. Herbaceous undergrowth is sparse; however, invasive annual species can be abundant, including <i>Agrostis stolonifera, Poa pratensis, Bromus inermis, Ambrosia artemisiifolia, Chenopodium fremontii, Salsola kali, Sisymbrium altissimum</i>, and <i>Xanthium strumarium</i>. Native species present may include <i>Rudbeckia laciniata, Carex nebrascensis, Glyceria grandis, Schoenoplectus acutus</i>, and <i>Epilobium</i> spp. Native wetland indicators that have been recorded for the type are <i>Schoenoplectus pungens</i> and <i>Equisetum arvense</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:31555-{C5994D6B-EF1B-4252-99F1-226D54EC20A3}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 5
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 09-Apr-1998 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688123 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL002647
  Translated: Narrowleaf Cottonwood / Dewystem Willow Riparian Woodland
  Scientific: Populus angustifolia / Salix irrorata Riparian Woodland
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(similar) CEGL002647
(similar) Populus angustifolia / Salix irrorata Woodland
(similar) Populus angustifolia / Salix irrorata Woodland