Name:
Platanus wrightii Riparian Forest Alliance
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
This alliance consists of riparian woodlands dominated by the broad-leaved cold-deciduous tree <i>Platanus wrightii</i>. <i>Fraxinus velutina</i> and <i>Juglans major</i> are common associates in the upper canopy. <i>Populus fremontii</i> can be an emergent tree but sites are not dominated by this species. Other trees present include <i>Celtis laevigata var. reticulata, Juglans major, Juniperus monosperma, Prosopis velutina, Quercus arizonica, Quercus emoryi, Robinia neomexicana</i>, and <i>Salix gooddingii</i>. The vine stratum is dominated by <i>Vitis arizonica</i>. The shrub layer is often present and contains several of the following: <i>Alnus oblongifolia, Amorpha fruticosa, Baccharis salicifolia, Rhus trilobata, Salix bonplandiana</i>, and <i>Toxicodendron radicans</i>. The herbaceous layer commonly includes <i>Aristida</i> spp., <i>Bouteloua curtipendula, Carex</i> spp., <i>Choisya dumosa var. arizonica, Datura inoxia, Elymus elymoides, Eriogonum</i> spp., <i>Gutierrezia sarothrae, Marrubium vulgare, Muhlenbergia emersleyi, Muhlenbergia</i> spp., <i>Oenothera elata ssp. hookeri</i>, and <i>Sporobolus cryptandrus</i>. This alliance is found in Arizona, southwestern New Mexico and northern Mexico. It occurs along perennial or seasonally intermittent streams, in narrow stream valleys, on gently sloping alluvial terraces. These vegetation types require reliable surface flow during the winter-spring months, they are periodically inundated during spring runoff and generally are found along small, perennial streams. The soils are depositional and silty loam in texture.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:39015-{761B09B3-156C-4D0E-AF1B-3F118BC76D67}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
0
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