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Acer saccharinum - Acer rubrum - Ulmus americana Floodplain Forest Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Acer saccharinum - Acer rubrum - Ulmus americana Floodplain Forest Alliance
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: Characteristic dominant species include <i>Acer rubrum, Acer saccharinum, Ulmus americana</i>, and occasionally <i>Fraxinus pennsylvanica</i>. In the northern Great Lakes region of the Midwest and Canada, <i>Fraxinus nigra</i> can be dominant. Shrub layer ranges from high in patches to generally sparse. <i>Onoclea sensibilis</i> and <i>Boehmeria cylindrica</i> are characteristic in the herb layer. This alliance occurs in the northeastern U.S. and temperate regions of eastern Canada, west to the upper Great Lakes region of Minnesota and Ontario. It includes communities along small and large rivers, on higher terraces of river bottoms and floodplains and beside lakes and larger streams. The terrain is relatively flat, and hummock-and-hollow microtopography is absent or poorly developed. The soils are alluvial loams to silt loams typically temporarily inundated during spring floods. The soils are well-drained to imperfectly drained mineral soils but a limited organic horizon may occur in some examples. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38929-{C426C624-FF3A-4221-8357-8AA5FAE419F3}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 18-Dec-2014 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.899767 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A3715
  Translated: Silver Maple - Red Maple - American Elm Floodplain Forest Alliance
  Common: Silver Maple - Red Maple - American Elm Floodplain Forest
  Scientific: Acer saccharinum - Acer rubrum - Ulmus americana Floodplain Forest Alliance