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CEGL005942 Acer negundo / Salix exigua Riparian Woodland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Box-elder / Narrowleaf Willow Riparian Woodland
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This association is found in the Upper Pecos watershed of northern New Mexico and is probably found elsewhere throughout the range of the alliance. Preliminary data suggest that this type occurs on depositional side bars and terraces along streams with moderate entrenchment and stream gradients between 1.2 and 1.5%. This is a lower montane type with elevations estimated to range from 1650 to 1980 m (5400-6500 feet). The soils are reported as loamy to sandy loam in the surface layers with significant cobbles below 30 cm (loamy skeletal Typic Fluvaquent). This type is characterized by an open canopy of Acer negundo with a diverse shrub layer dominated by Salix exigua. Other shrubs include Salix lutea, Rosa woodsii, Parthenocissus quinquefolia, and Gutierrezia sarothrae. The herbaceous layer understory is well-represented and includes Bromus inermis, Bromus arvensis, and Schedonorus pratensis.
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: This type is characterized by an open canopy of Acer negundo with a diverse shrub layer dominated by Salix exigua. Other shrubs include Salix lutea, Rosa woodsii, Parthenocissus quinquefolia, and Gutierrezia sarothrae. The herbaceous layer understory is well-represented and includes Bromus inermis, Bromus arvensis (= Bromus japonicus), and Schedonorus pratensis (= Festuca pratensis).
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: Preliminary data suggest that this type occurs on depositional side bars and terraces along streams with moderate entrenchment and stream gradients between 1.2 and 1.5%. This is a lower montane type with elevations estimated to range from 1650 to 1980 m (5400-6500 feet). The soils are reported as loamy to sandy loam in the surface layers with significant cobbles below 30 cm (loamy skeletal Typic Fluvaquent).
Geographic Range: This association is found in the Upper Pecos watershed of northern New Mexico (San Miguel County) and is probably found elsewhere throughout the range of the Alliance.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: NM
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.737504
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 | A3796 Box-elder - Singleleaf Ash - Netleaf Hackberry Riparian Woodland Alliance | A3796 | 1.B.3.Nd.2.b |
| Association | CEGL005942 Box-elder / Narrowleaf Willow Riparian Woodland | CEGL005942 | 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: < Boxelder Series (Dick-Peddie 1993)
= Boxelder/Coyote Willow CT (Muldavin et al. 2000a)
= Boxelder/Coyote Willow CT (Muldavin et al. 2000a)
- Dick-Peddie, W. A. 1993. New Mexico vegetation: Past, present, and future. University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque. 244 pp.
- 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.
- Western Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boulder, CO.