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CEGL000937 Platanus wrightii Riparian Woodland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Arizona Sycamore Riparian Woodland
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This desert riparian woodland occurs in southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico. The elevation ranges from 1000-1775 m (3280-5820 feet). Sites are on stream terraces in valley bottoms, foothills, and mountain canyons. Substrates are typically composed of gravelly to sandy alluvium and are often flooded during monsoon season. The vegetation is characterized by the dominance or codominance of Platanus wrightii in the tree canopy. Prosopis velutina, Alnus oblongifolia, Fraxinus velutina, Juglans major, or Juniperus spp. may codominate. If present, the shrub layer is sparse to moderately dense and composed of mixed shrubs, including Baccharis sarothroides, Brickellia spp., Celtis laevigata var. reticulata, Dasylirion wheeleri, Erythrina flabelliformis, Gossypium thurberi, Lycium spp., Mimosa aculeaticarpa var. biuncifera, and Rhus trilobata. The herbaceous layer is sparse to moderately dense and typically dominated by perennial graminoids Bouteloua curtipendula and Muhlenbergia rigens, but numerous forbs and other grasses are often present.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: A stand at Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge codominated by Platanus wrightii and Prosopis velutina is classified to this broader type.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
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Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: The vegetation is characterized by the dominance or codominance of Platanus wrightii in the tree canopy. Prosopis velutina, Alnus oblongifolia, Fraxinus velutina, Juglans major, or Juniperus spp. may codominate. If present, the shrub layer is sparse to moderately dense and composed of mixed shrubs, including Baccharis sarothroides, Brickellia spp., Celtis laevigata var. reticulata (= Celtis reticulata), Dasylirion wheeleri, Erythrina flabelliformis, Gossypium thurberi, Lycium spp., Mimosa aculeaticarpa var. biuncifera (= Mimosa biuncifera), and Rhus trilobata. The herbaceous layer is sparse to moderately dense and typically dominated by perennial graminoids Bouteloua curtipendula and Muhlenbergia rigens, but numerous forbs and other grasses are often present.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This desert riparian woodland occurs in southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico. The elevation ranges from 1000-1775 m (3280-5820 feet). Sites are on stream terraces in valley bottoms, foothills, and mountain canyons. Substrates are typically composed of gravelly to sandy alluvium and are often flooded during monsoon season.
Geographic Range: This desert riparian woodland occurs in southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico and likely occurs in the northern Mexican states of Sonora and Chihuahua.
Nations: MX?,US
States/Provinces: AZ, MXCHH?, MXSON?, NM
Plot Analysis Summary:
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Confidence Level: Low
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: GNR
Greasons: No Data Available
| Type | Name | Database Code | Classification Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class | 1 Forest & Woodland Class | C01 | 1 |
| Subclass | 1.B Temperate & Boreal Forest & Woodland Subclass | S15 | 1.B |
| Formation | 1.B.3 Temperate Flooded & Swamp Forest Formation | F026 | 1.B.3 |
| Division | 1.B.3.Nd Western North American Interior Flooded Forest Division | D013 | 1.B.3.Nd |
| Macrogroup | 1.B.3.Nd.2 Interior Warm & Cool Desert Riparian Forest Macrogroup | M036 | 1.B.3.Nd.2 |
| Group | 1.B.3.Nd.2.b Western Interior Riparian Forest & Woodland Group | G797 | 1.B.3.Nd.2.b |
| Alliance | A3801 Arizona Sycamore Riparian Forest Alliance | A3801 | 1.B.3.Nd.2.b |
| Association | CEGL000937 Arizona Sycamore Riparian Woodland | CEGL000937 | 1.B.3.Nd.2.b |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Platanus wrightii Community Type (Szaro 1989)
= Sycamore - One Seed Juniper Woodland (Anderson et al. 1985)
= Sycamore - One Seed Juniper Woodland (Anderson et al. 1985)
- Anderson, L. S., P. L. Warren, and F. W. Riechenbacher. 1985. Vegetation associations of the Muleshoe Ranch Preserve. Unpublished report prepared for The Arizona Nature Conservancy, Tucson. 15 pp.
- Bourgeron, P. S., and L. D. Engelking, editors. 1994. A preliminary vegetation classification of the western United States. Unpublished report. The Nature Conservancy, Western Heritage Task Force, Boulder, CO. 175 pp. plus appendix.
- Schulz, K. A. 2004. Vegetation classification of Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge, Arizona. Unpublished report submitted to USDI Fish and Wildlife Service. NatureServe, Western Regional Office, Boulder, CO.
- Szaro, R. C. 1989. Riparian forest and scrubland community types of Arizona and New Mexico. Desert Plants Special Issue 9(3-4):70-139.
- Western Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boulder, CO.