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Populus deltoides / Carex pellita Floodplain Woodland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Populus deltoides / Carex pellita Floodplain Woodland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This woodland plant association occurs sporadically on clayey soils along broad, braided channels in low-lying swales and overflow channels in the lower South Platte River of northeastern Colorado (Central Shortgrass Prairie, Ecoregion 27). It also occurs in Wyoming, and is likely to be found in Nebraska and Kansas. Mature <i>Populus deltoides</i> dominates the canopy, while <i>Carex pellita</i> forms a dense ground cover. Tree canopy may also include <i>Salix amygdaloides</i>. There is no consistent shrub canopy, though <i>Prunus virginiana, Celtis laevigata</i>, and <i>Parthenocissus quinquefolia</i> may be present. Other herbs include <i>Elymus lanceolatus, Bromus inermis, Muhlenbergia asperifolia</i>, and <i>Phalaris arundinacea</i>. This is a late-seral community, requiring first scouring floods for <i>Populus deltoides</i> establishment, then cessation of scouring floods for <i>Carex pellita</i> establishment. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:31557-{FE8CC457-85CF-4974-982E-94519A99DF77}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 6
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 09-Apr-1998 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687845 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL002649
  Translated: Eastern Cottonwood / Woolly Sedge Floodplain Woodland
  Scientific: Populus deltoides / Carex pellita Floodplain Woodland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL002649
(similar) Populus deltoides / Carex pellita Woodland
(similar) Populus deltoides / Carex pellita Woodland