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Populus balsamifera - Fraxinus nigra Boreal Floodplain Forest Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Populus balsamifera - Fraxinus nigra Boreal Floodplain Forest Alliance
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This boreal floodplain forest is found in eastern Canada, and the adjacent U.S. The tree layer is characterized by <i>Populus balsamifera</i> and <i>Fraxinus nigra</i>. The shrub layer is characterized by <i>Alnus incana</i> and <i>Cornus sericea</i>. The herbaceous layer is often dominated by the ferns <i>Onoclea sensibilis</i> and <i>Matteuccia struthiopteris</i>. Other associates of the herbaceous layer include <i>Athyrium filix-femina, Calamagrostis canadensis, Carex vesicaria, Clematis virginiana, Laportea canadensis, Rubus pubescens</i>, and <i>Solidago flexicaulis</i>. This vegetation occupies the silty floodplains of mid-sized rivers in parts of Quebec, Ontario and the Canadian Maritime Provinces, and possibly northern Maine. Flooding frequency and duration are usually less than that of more southern floodplains characterized by <i>Acer saccharinum</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:39098-{05323F8E-DAE0-469B-979B-35C027BD0FF4}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 09-Jun-2015 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.899939 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A3888
  Translated: Balsam Poplar - Black Ash Boreal Floodplain Forest Alliance
  Common: Eastern Boreal Floodplain Forest
  Scientific: Populus balsamifera - Fraxinus nigra Boreal Floodplain Forest Alliance