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CEGL007242 Salix nigra Dune Swale Scrub
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Black Willow Dune Swale Scrub
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This provisional community is characterized by high cover of Salix nigra. It occurs in a variety of landscape positions, including depressions and other low areas, and on low dunes at Padre Island, Texas. Associated species include Borrichia frutescens, Conoclinium betonicifolium, Morella cerifera, Phyla nodiflora, Schizachyrium littorale, Schoenoplectus pungens var. longispicatus, Sesbania herbacea, and Spartina patens. Its concept was developed from limited information from Padre Island National Seashore of southern Texas.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: This provisional community was developed from limited information from Padre Island National Seashore of southern Texas.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: This provisional community is characterized by high cover of Salix nigra. Associated species include Borrichia frutescens, Conoclinium betonicifolium, Morella cerifera, Phyla nodiflora, Schizachyrium littorale, Schoenoplectus pungens var. longispicatus, Sesbania herbacea, and Spartina patens.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This vegetation occurs in lower, wetter areas (blowout ponds and depressions) on the barrier flat.
Geographic Range: This vegetation occurs on barrier islands along the central and southern coast of Texas.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: TX
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.907728
Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
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.Nb Southeastern North American Flooded & Swamp Forest Division | D062 | 1.B.3.Nb |
| Macrogroup | 1.B.3.Nb.4 Swamp Chestnut Oak - Bald-cypress - Pecan Southern Floodplain Forest Macrogroup | M031 | 1.B.3.Nb.4 |
| Group | 1.B.3.Nb.4.b Green Ash - American Elm - Black Willow Floodplain Forest Group | G759 | 1.B.3.Nb.4.b |
| Alliance | A1914 Carolina Willow - Black Willow Coastal Plain Swamp Forest Alliance | A1914 | 1.B.3.Nb.4.b |
| Association | CEGL007242 Black Willow Dune Swale Scrub | CEGL007242 | 1.B.3.Nb.4.b |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: No Data Available
- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.