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CEGL003901 Salix nigra Wet Shrubland

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available

Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Black Willow Wet Shrubland

Colloquial Name: Southeast Black Willow Riverbank Shrubland

Hierarchy Level:  Association

Type Concept: This broadly defined type represents vegetation dominated by scrubby forms of Salix nigra across the southeastern and northeastern United States, and possibly into Canada. Stature and closure may vary depending on disturbance. Additional types may be developed as more information becomes available.

Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available

Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available

Classification Comments: This type conceptually includes communities formerly treated as woodlands [see the archived Salix nigra Woodland (CEGL003731)]. In WV, black willow dominated communities are successional/ruderal and are the most common woody wetlands in agricultural settings and around reservoirs across much of the state. There are 31 plots assigned to CEGL002103 or CEGL003901, depending on physiognomy, but both these associations supposedly represent natural vegetation and may not be the best fit for WV ruderal vegetation.

Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available

Floristics: Alluvial shrubland dominated by scrubby Salix nigra.

Dynamics:  No Data Available
Environmental Description:  Temporarily flooded riverbank vegetation.
Geographic Range: This is a potentially wide-ranging association found throughout the southeastern and eastern United States, and possibly into Canada. This broadly defined association is found from the Ozarks and Interior Low Plateau, south to the West and East Gulf coastal plains and Florida Peninsula, east to the Atlantic Coastal Plain (excluding the Southern Blue Ridge) and north into the Central Appalachians and Northern Piedmont.

Nations: CA?,US

States/Provinces:  AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MD, MS, NC, OK, SC, TN, TX, WV


Confidence Level: Low

Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G4?

Greasons: No Data Available
Type Name Database Code Classification Code
Class 2 Shrub & Herb Vegetation Class C02 2
Subclass 2.C Shrub & Herb Wetland Subclass S44 2.C
Formation 2.C.4 Temperate to Polar Freshwater Marsh, Wet Meadow & Shrubland Formation F013 2.C.4
Division 2.C.4.Nd Eastern North American Temperate Freshwater Marsh, Wet Meadow & Shrubland Division D323 2.C.4.Nd
Macrogroup 2.C.4.Nd.3 Eastern North American Wet Shoreline Vegetation Macrogroup M880 2.C.4.Nd.3
Group 2.C.4.Nd.3.a Eastern North American Riverine Wetland Vegetation Group G755 2.C.4.Nd.3.a
Alliance A0948 Black Willow Sand-Gravel Floodplain Scrub Alliance A0948 2.C.4.Nd.3.a
Association CEGL003901 Black Willow Wet Shrubland CEGL003901 2.C.4.Nd.3.a
Concept Lineage: Conceptually includes communites formerly treated as woodlands (former CEGL003731)

Predecessors: No Data Available

Obsolete Names: No Data Available

Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Salix nigra Temporarily Flooded Shrubland (Faber-Langendoen 2001)
< IIE3a. Riverside Shoal and Stream Bar Complex (Allard 1990)
Concept Author(s): Southeastern Ecology Group

Author of Description: E. Largay

Acknowledgements: No Data Available

Version Date: 10-24-11
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