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CEGL005959 Platanus wrightii / Brickellia californica Riparian Forest
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Arizona Sycamore / California Brickellbush Riparian Forest
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This association is found in the Gila River watershed in southwestern New Mexico and probably in southeastern Arizona. Preliminary data suggest that this community can be expected to occur in smaller lowland drainages at around 1460 m (4800 feet) elevation. Sites are likely to be upper terraces which are infrequently flooded (10+ years estimated recurrence interval). Soils have been described as relatively dry Typic Ustifluvents with a cobbly matrix. Platanus wrightii is usually the sole overstory tree forming a moderately closed canopy. In the undergrowth, upland shrubs such as Brickellia californica dominate, but Baccharis salicifolia, a wetland indicator, are usually present. Upland grasses are common to well-represented in the understory and may include Aristida ternipes, Sporobolus cryptandrus, and Bouteloua curtipendula. Platanus wrightii / Baccharis salicifolia CT (New Mexico state type) is known to occur on adjacent lower bars towards the river.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: No Data Available
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: No Data Available
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: No Data Available
Geographic Range: This association is found in the Gila River watershed (Grant County) in southwestern New Mexico and probably in southeastern Arizona.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: AZ?, NM
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.737479
Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G3?
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 | CEGL005959 Arizona Sycamore / California Brickellbush Riparian Forest | CEGL005959 | 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) [20 of sites had Brickellia californica present.]
= Arizona Sycamore/California Brickellbush CT (Muldavin et al. 2000a)
= Arizona Sycamore/California Brickellbush CT (Muldavin et al. 2000a)
- Muldavin, E., P. Durkin, M. Bradley, M. Stuever, and P. Mehlhop. 2000a. Handbook of wetland vegetation communities of New Mexico. Volume I: Classification and community descriptions. Final report to the New Mexico Environment Department and the Environmental Protection Agency prepared by the New Mexico Natural Heritage Program, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.
- NHNM [Natural Heritage New Mexico]. No date. Unpublished data on file. Natural Heritage New Mexico, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.
- 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.