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Populus tremuloides - Alnus rubra Swamp Forest Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Populus tremuloides - Alnus rubra Swamp Forest Alliance
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This alliance consists of riparian woodlands with a deciduous tree-dominated canopy of <i>Alnus rubra</i> and/or <i>Populus tremuloides</i>. Understory shrub associates include <i>Acer glabrum, Rosa gymnocarpa, Rubus parviflorus, Symphoricarpos mollis</i>, and <i>Vaccinium membranaceum</i>. Herbaceous species with a strong affinity to the community are <i>Adiantum pedatum, Anemone piperi, Asarum caudatum, Athyrium filix-femina, Circaea alpina, Clintonia uniflora, Coptis occidentalis, Cornus canadensis, Gymnocarpium dryopteris, Polystichum munitum, Streptopus amplexifolius</i>, and <i>Tiarella trifoliata var. unifoliata</i>. Stands occur along montane (below alpine and above foothill) riparian areas, wetlands and seeps in the Cascade Range and as far east as the Blue Mountains of the Pacific Northwest. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38982-{CDE914FB-D70C-49FE-8DD4-17CAE4C508E9}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 18-Dec-2014 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.899820 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A3768
  Translated: Quaking Aspen - Red Alder Swamp Forest Alliance
  Common: Quaking Aspen - Red Alder Swamp Forest
  Scientific: Populus tremuloides - Alnus rubra Swamp Forest Alliance