Print Report
CEGL004587 Salix exigua / Baccharis salicifolia - Baccharis neglecta / Schoenoplectus spp. Woodland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Narrowleaf Willow / Mule-fat - Rooseveltweed / Bulrush species Woodland
Colloquial Name: Chihuahuan Desert Willow Dune Depression
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This association occupies interdune ponds in quartz sand dunes, with seasonal flooding, located in the Chihuahuan Desert of Texas. Following flooding soils remain relatively saturated. Salix exigua is the only tree and forms an open to locally closed canopy 4-10 m high. Baccharis neglecta and Baccharis salicifolia form a usually dense shrub layer. Herbs include Bolboschoenus maritimus, Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani, Eustoma exaltatum, Pluchea odorata var. odorata, Xanthium strumarium, and the rare species Cyperus onerosus. Drier interdune depressions have ~Baccharis salicifolia - Baccharis neglecta / Eustoma exaltatum Wet Shrubland (CEGL004590)$$.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: Examples at Monahans Dunes State Park, Ward County, Texas (southwest of Odessa).
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: Salix exigua is the only tree in stands of this association, and forms an open to locally closed canopy 4-10 m high. Baccharis neglecta and Baccharis salicifolia form a usually dense shrub layer. Herbs include Bolboschoenus maritimus (= Scirpus maritimus), Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani (= Scirpus tabernaemontani), Eustoma exaltatum, Pluchea odorata var. odorata, Xanthium strumarium, and the rare species Cyperus onerosus. This is presumably Salix exigua in the narrow sense.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: No Data Available
Geographic Range: This association occurs in the Chihuahuan Desert of Texas.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: TX
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687421
Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G2?
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.Nc Southwestern North American Warm Desert Freshwater Marsh & Bosque Division | D032 | 2.C.4.Nc |
| Macrogroup | 2.C.4.Nc.1 Warm Desert Lowland Freshwater Marsh, Wet Meadow & Shrubland Macrogroup | M076 | 2.C.4.Nc.1 |
| Group | 2.C.4.Nc.1.b Honey Mesquite - Velvet Mesquite - False Willow species North American Warm Desert Riparian Low Bosque & Shrubland Group | G533 | 2.C.4.Nc.1.b |
| Alliance | A0933 Mule-fat Wet Shrubland Alliance | A0933 | 2.C.4.Nc.1.b |
| Association | CEGL004587 Narrowleaf Willow / Mule-fat - Rooseveltweed / Bulrush species Woodland | CEGL004587 | 2.C.4.Nc.1.b |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: No Data Available
- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.