Ohio subset of Plant Communities of the Midwest ... - NatureServe

Wooded Swamps and Floodplains: Southeastern Coastal Plain Riverfront and Levee
Bottomland Forests
Salix nigra Temporarily Flooded Shrubland
Black Willow Temporarily Flooded Shrubland
Black Willow Riverbank Shrubland
CEGL003901
DESCRIPTION: This broadly defined type represents vegetation dominated by scrubby forms of Salix nigra across
the southeastern and northeastern United States, and possibly into Canada. Stature and closure may vary depending
on disturbance. Additional types may be developed as more information becomes available.
COMMENTS: 2, SCS. This type conceptually includes communities formerly treated as woodlands [see the archived
Salix nigra Woodland (CEGL003731)].
CONSERVATION RANK: G.
DISTRIBUTION: This is a potentially wide-ranging association found throughout the southeastern and northeastern
United States, and possibly into Canada. This broadly defined association is found from the Ozarks and Interior Low
Plateau, south to the West and East Gulf coastal plains and Florida Peninsula, east to the Atlantic Coastal Plain
(excluding the Southern Blue Ridge) and north into the Central Appalachians and Northern Piedmont.
USFS ECOREGIONS: 221Ec:C, 221Ed:C, 221Ef:C, 222Ab:CCC, 222Ag:CCC, 222Ah:CCC, 222An:CCC, 231Ca:CCC,
231Cd:CCC, 231Ga:CCC, 231Gb:CCC, 231Gc:CCC, 232:C, M221Aa:CCP, M221Ab:CCP, M221Ac:CCC, M221Ad:CCC,
M221Bb:CCC, M221Bf:CCC, M221Da:CCC, M222Aa:CCC, M222Ab:CCC, M231Aa:CCC, M231Ab:CCC, M231Ac:CCC,
M231Ad:CCC
CONSERVATION REGIONS: 38:C, 39:C, 40:C, 41:C, 42:C, 43:C, 44:P, 50:C, 52:C, 53:C, 55:P, 56:C, 57:C, 59:C, 61:C
STATES: AL AR FL GA IL KY LA MD ME MS NC NH OH OK PA SC TN TX VA VT WV PROVINCES: ON
MIDWEST HERITAGE SYNONYMY: IL shrub swamp (S)
OH mixed shrub swamp
OTHER SYNONYMY: IIE3a. Riverside Shoal and Stream Bar Complex (Allard 1990)
USNVC HIERARCHY: SALIX NIGRA TEMPORARILY FLOODED SHRUBLAND ALLIANCE (III.B.2.N.d)
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