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CEGL005970 Populus deltoides / Equisetum laevigatum Flooded Forest
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Eastern Cottonwood / Smooth Horsetail Flooded Forest
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This community is found along low-gradient streams at elevations between 1780 and 1920 m (5825-6300 feet) in the Rio Grande and Pecos River basins in north-central New Mexico and probably elsewhere in northern New Mexico. Sites typically are associated with island bars or sidebars that flood every 5 to 25 years (discharge ratios range from 2.0 to 3.2). It is also known to occur in swales or shallow valley depressions that may not necessarily be directly associated with a river channel, but rather are watered from springs. Soils are relatively deep, moist, sandy to coarse-loamy Entisols (Aeric Fluvaquents, Oxyaquic Ustifluvents, and Typic Endoaquents). Indications of wetness (hydric) conditions such as gray mottles are usually evident in the first 50 cm. This community is characterized by a moderately open to closed canopy of young and mature Populus deltoides. Salix exigua is present, but low in cover, along with other scattered shrubs. The herbaceous understory is well-represented and dominated by Equisetum spp., along with several other wetland indicators that include Schoenoplectus pungens or Schoenoplectus acutus, Eleocharis palustris, Juncus arcticus ssp. littoralis, Juncus saximontanus, and Juncus tenuis.
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
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Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: This community is characterized by a moderately open to closed canopy of young and mature Populus deltoides. Salix exigua is present, but low in cover, along with other scattered shrubs. The herbaceous understory is well-represented and dominated by Equisetum spp., along with several other wetland indicators that include Schoenoplectus pungens or Schoenoplectus acutus, Eleocharis palustris, Juncus arcticus ssp. littoralis (= Juncus balticus), Juncus saximontanus, and Juncus tenuis.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This community is found along low-gradient streams at elevations between 1780 and 1920 m (5825-6300 feet) in the Rio Grande and Pecos River basins in north-central New Mexico and probably elsewhere in northern New Mexico. Sites typically are associated with island bars or sidebars that flood every 5 to 25 years (discharge ratios range from 2.0 to 3.2). It is also known to occur in swales or shallow valley depressions that may not necessarily be directly associated with a river channel, but rather are watered from springs. Soils are relatively deep, moist, sandy to coarse-loamy Entisols (Aeric Fluvaquents, Oxyaquic Ustifluvents, and Typic Endoaquents). Indications of wetness (hydric) conditions such as gray mottles are usually evident in the first 50 cm.
Geographic Range: This association is found in the Rio Grande and Pecos basins in north-central New Mexico and probably elsewhere in northern New Mexico.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: NM
Plot Analysis Summary:
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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 | A3802 Rio Grande Cottonwood - Plains Cottonwood Riparian Forest Alliance | A3802 | 1.B.3.Nd.2.b |
| Association | CEGL005970 Eastern Cottonwood / Smooth Horsetail Flooded Forest | CEGL005970 | 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: = Plains Cottonwood/Smooth Horsetail 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.
- Western Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boulder, CO.