Name:
Eastern North American Riverscour Vegetation Macrogroup
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
This widely ranging macrogroup comprises a large number of highly variable vegetation types that occur on the shores of rivers in the eastern U.S. and adjacent Canada. Characteristic species vary over the range. Shrubs may include <i>Alnus serrulata, Hypericum prolificum, Prunus pumila, Salix caroliniana</i>, or <i>Salix interior</i>. Characteristic herbaceous species, depending on geography, may include <i>Andropogon gerardii, Baptisia australis, Calamagrostis canadensis, Campanula rotundifolia, Carex torta, Deschampsia cespitosa, Doellingeria umbellata, Elymus</i> spp., <i>Eupatorium</i> spp., <i>Packera paupercula, Panicum virgatum, Schizachyrium scoparium, Solidago gigantea, Solidago simplex, Spartina pectinata</i>, and <i>Triantha glutinosa</i>. The patchy vegetation ranges from riverside prairies to highly flood-scoured, ice-scoured, and flood-battered patchy or very sparse vegetation along high-gradient rivers.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:41100-{89060566-2082-40B1-8DE1-BCD2DEA223B9}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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