Name:
Populus deltoides ssp. wislizeni - Populus deltoides ssp. monilifera - Salix amygdaloides Riparian Woodland Alliance
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
This alliance is dominated by <i>Populus deltoides ssp. wislizeni, Populus deltoides ssp. monilifera</i>, or <i>Salix amygdaloides</i>. Other tree species include <i>Acer negundo</i>. Shrub species present many include <i>Artemisia tridentata, Prunus virginiana, Rhus trilobata, Salix exigua</i>, and <i>Symphoricarpos occidentalis</i>. Typical herbaceous species include <i>Carex</i> spp., <i>Distichlis spicata, Elymus</i> spp., <i>Equisetum</i> spp., <i>Juncus</i> spp., and <i>Pascopyrum smithii</i>. Exotics found in this alliance are <i>Poa pratensis, Melilotus officinalis</i>, and <i>Bromus inermis</i>, among many others. Stands of this alliance are found on alluvial floodplains and terraces of rivers and streams, and sometimes around lakes and ponds. These communities tolerate and depend on periodic flooding and seasonal soil saturation in the spring and after heavy rains. The soils are silts, loams, and sands, and are derived from alluvial material. This alliance occurs near rivers and large streams of Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Idaho, Arizona and New Mexico; from the western slope of Colorado it extends into mountain valleys and on to the Colorado Plateau of Utah.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:39012-{A0A756B0-853A-4A02-B784-CA1A513A4924}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
0
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