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CEGL007064 Salix caroliniana Ozark Riverscour Shrubland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Coastal Plain Willow Ozark Riverscour Shrubland
Colloquial Name: Ozark Coastal Plain Willow Riverscour Shrubland
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This Carolina willow shrubland is found in the Ozark-Ouachita area of the south-central United States, with disjunct occurrences in the Interior Low Plateaus of Tennessee and possibly Kentucky. It accommodates riverside and streamside thickets dominated by Salix caroliniana with temporarily flooded hydrology. This vegetation is often found along riverbanks, sand bars, gravel bars, and other wet sites. In the Ouachita Mountains, this shrubland occurs as a narrow fringe near the low-water level or in scour zones of most streams and rivers, where it is associated with a rocky substrate of cobbles or bedrock. This association includes stands in the interior; a different association represents similar vegetation in the coastal plains.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: Missouri suggests that this type be lumped with ~Hamamelis vernalis - Cornus obliqua - Hypericum prolificum Riverscour Shrubland (CEGL003898)$$ as part of a more complex gravel wash shrub type.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: This is a broadly defined community covering thickets dominated by Salix caroliniana. A number of other shrub species may also be present, with some variability between geographic location and specific habitat type.
Dynamics: Stands are of temporarily flooded hydrology, with occasional intense mechanical scouring maintaining the lower-statured shrubland condition and retarding succession to other forested vegetation types.
Environmental Description: This broadly defined type accommodates Salix caroliniana stands in a variety of temporarily flooded habitats, including riverside and streamside thickets, and sand/gravel/cobble bars. Some examples may be somewhat ruderal or successional, e.g., where Salix caroliniana thickets develop along streams in pastures or other wet areas where the natural forest canopy has been removed.
Geographic Range: This Carolina willow shrubland was originally described from the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas, and has been documented from the Ozarks (Buffalo National River) as well as from scattered locations in the Interior Low Plateau of Tennessee and possibly Kentucky. A separate association accommodates similar vegetation in the Atlantic/East Gulf coastal plains.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: AR, KY?, MO?, TN
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.867409
Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G4?
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.Nd Eastern North American Temperate Freshwater Marsh, Wet Meadow & Shrubland Division | D323 | 2.C.4.Nd |
| Macrogroup | 2.C.4.Nd.4 Eastern North American Riverscour Vegetation Macrogroup | M881 | 2.C.4.Nd.4 |
| Group | 2.C.4.Nd.4.a Central Interior-Appalachian Riverscour Barrens & Prairie Group | G753 | 2.C.4.Nd.4.a |
| Alliance | A3794 Hazel Alder - Ozark Witch-hazel - Coastal Plain Willow Riverscour Alliance | A3794 | 2.C.4.Nd.4.a |
| Association | CEGL007064 Coastal Plain Willow Ozark Riverscour Shrubland | CEGL007064 | 2.C.4.Nd.4.a |
Concept Lineage: CEGL003899 split into CEGL007064 and CEGL007052.
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: >< Gravel Bar Type (Dale and Kuroda 1979)
- Chastain, R. A., M.A. Struckhoff, K. W. Grabner, E. D. Stroh, H. He, D. R. Larsen, T. A. Nigh, and J. Drake. 2006. Mapping vegetation communities in Ozark National Scenic Riverways: Final technical report to the National Park Service. Open-File Report 2006-1354. U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA. 90 pp. plus appendices.
- Dale, E. E., and P. M. Kuroda. 1979. Vegetation map and natural areas survey. Pages 77-82 of unspecified report [incomplete citation]. Includes USDI National Park Service memo and tables.
- Hop, K., M. Pyne, T. Foti, S. Lubinski, R. White, and J. Dieck. 2012a. National Park Service vegetation inventory program: Buffalo National River, Arkansas. Natural Resource Report NPS/HTLN/NRR--2012/526. National Park Service, Fort Collins, CO. 340 pp.
- NatureServe Ecology - Southeastern United States. No date. Unpublished data. NatureServe, Durham, NC.
- Nelson, P. 2010. The terrestrial natural communities of Missouri. Revised edition. Missouri Natural Areas Committee, Department of Natural Resources and the Department of Conservation, Jefferson City.
- Nelson, P. W. 1985. The terrestrial natural communities of Missouri. Missouri Natural Areas Committee, Jefferson City. 197 pp. Revised edition, 1987.
- Nordman, C. 2004a. Vascular plant community classification for Stones River National Battlefield. NatureServe, Durham, NC. 64 pp. plus appendices and CD.
- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.