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Populus tremuloides / Betula occidentalis Riparian Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Populus tremuloides / Betula occidentalis Riparian Forest
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This plant association of Colorado and eastern Nevada is a lush, deciduous riparian woodland with a canopy of aspen and sometimes conifer or cottonwood trees. The understory has a high structural diversity of mesic shrubs and an herbaceous undergrowth ranging from a thick carpet of grasses and forbs to a very sparse ground cover in heavily shaded areas. The streamside location and the presence of obligate riparian shrub species, such as <i>Betula occidentalis, Salix exigua</i>, and <i>Cornus sericea</i>, distinguish this association from upland <i>Populus tremuloides</i> communities. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:31558-{546C3427-B33C-45C0-86A8-A8A53AEF370C}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 7
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 11-Apr-2006 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687846 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL002650
  Translated: Quaking Aspen / Water Birch Riparian Forest
  Scientific: Populus tremuloides / Betula occidentalis Riparian Forest
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) Populus tremuloides / Betula occidentalis Forest
(similar) CEGL002650
(similar) Populus tremuloides / Betula occidentalis Forest