Narrowleaf Cottonwood Riparian Forest

Type:Alliance
Parent classification:Rocky Mountain-Great Basin Montane Riparian Forest
Scientific Name:Populus angustifolia Riparian Forest Alliance
Location:Canada (Alberta); United States (Oregon, California, Idaho, Montana, South Dakota, New Mexico, Nevada, Wyoming, Arizona, Utah, Colorado)
Description:This alliance consists of riparian woodlands dominated by Populus angustifolia alone or codominated with other deciduous or coniferous trees. It occurs on narrow stream terraces and large floodplains in the Rocky Mountains of Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado and New Mexico. It is also found in the mountains of eastern Oregon, Nevada, California's Sierra Nevada, and the highlands of Arizona. Elevations range from 1200-2750 m (4000-9000 feet).
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Child types

Name
Narrowleaf Cottonwood / Red-osier Dogwood Riparian Woodland
Populus angustifolia - Acer negundo / Poa pratensis Ruderal Riparian Woodland
Populus angustifolia - Acer negundo Riparian Woodland
Populus angustifolia - Juniperus deppeana / Brickellia californica Riparian Woodland
Populus angustifolia - Juniperus scopulorum Riparian Woodland
Populus angustifolia - Picea pungens / Alnus incana Riparian Woodland
Populus angustifolia - Pinus ponderosa Riparian Woodland
Populus angustifolia - Populus deltoides - Salix amygdaloides Riparian Forest
Populus angustifolia - Pseudotsuga menziesii Riparian Woodland
Populus angustifolia / Acer grandidentatum Riparian Forest
Populus angustifolia / Alnus incana Riparian Woodland
Populus angustifolia / Alnus oblongifolia Riparian Woodland
Populus angustifolia / Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana / Eriogonum umbellatum Dry Outwash Riparian Woodland
Populus angustifolia / Betula occidentalis Riparian Woodland
Populus angustifolia / Crataegus rivularis Riparian Woodland
Populus angustifolia / Forestiera pubescens Riparian Woodland
Populus angustifolia / Invasive Perennial Grasses Ruderal Riparian Woodland
Populus angustifolia / Lonicera involucrata Riparian Forest
Populus angustifolia / Prunus virginiana Riparian Woodland
Populus angustifolia / Quercus gambelii Riparian Woodland
Populus angustifolia / Rhus trilobata Riparian Woodland
Populus angustifolia / Rosa woodsii Riparian Forest
Populus angustifolia / Salix (monticola, drummondiana, lucida) Riparian Woodland
Populus angustifolia / Salix drummondiana - Acer glabrum Riparian Woodland
Populus angustifolia / Salix exigua Riparian Woodland
Populus angustifolia / Salix irrorata Riparian Woodland
Populus angustifolia / Salix ligulifolia - Shepherdia argentea Riparian Woodland
Populus angustifolia / Symphoricarpos (albus, occidentalis, oreophilus) Riparian Woodland
Populus angustifolia Sand Dune Riparian Forest
Populus balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa - Pinus jeffreyi Riparian Forest

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