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Table 12. Wetland biotic communities of the southwestern U.S. and northwestern Mexico,
according to Minckley and Brown (1992).
Vegetation Community
Physiognomy
Common Species
I. Arctic Boreal Wetlands
Shrubland
Salix spp.
II. Cold-Temperate Wetlands
Forest and
Montane Riparian Wetlands
Populus angustifolia, Acer
shrubland
grandidentatum, A. negundo,
Alnus oblongifolia, Salix spp.
Plains and Great Basin
Gallery forests and
P. deltoides, P. fremontii,
Wetlands
woodlands
S. amygdaloides, Tamarix
Montane, Plains, and Great
Typha latifolia, Scirpus acutus,
Marsh
Juncus spp., Carex. spp
Basin Marshlands
III. Warm Temperate Wetlands
Interior and Californian Riparian
Gallery forests and
Populus-Salix Series: P. fremontii,
Deciduous Forests and
woodlands
S. gooddingii, S. exigua
Woodlands
Mixed Series: Platanus wrightii, Fraxinus
velutina, P. fremontii, Juglans major
Riparian Scrublands
Scrub
Tamarix, Salix spp., Baccharis salicifiolia
Californian Maritime & Interior
marsh
Spartina foliosa, Allenrolfea occidentalis
Marshlands
Californian Maritime Strands
Open/bare
Atriplex leucophylla, Abronia maritima,
Calystegia soldananaella
Interior Strands
Open/bare
B. salicifolia, Tamarix,
Hymenoclea monogyra
IV. Tropical Subtropical Wetlands
Sonoran Riparian Deciduous
Forests and
P. fremontii, S. gooddingii,
Forest and Woodlands
woodlands or
Prosopis velutina
bosques
Sonoran Oasis Forest and
Evergreen palm
Washingtonia filifera, W. robusta,
Woodlands
stands
Erythea armata
Sinaloan Riparian Evergreen
Forest and
Populus dimorpha, S. gooddingii,
Forest and Woodland
woodland
Sabal uresana, Taxodium mucronatum
Sonoran Riparian Scrubland
Scrub
B. salicifolia, B. sarothroides,
Tessaria sericea, Chilopsis linearis
Sinaloan Maritime Scrubland
Mangrove swamps
Avicennia germinans, Rhizophora
mangle, Laguncularia racemosa
Sonoran and Sinaloan Interior
Scirpus spp., Phragmites australis
Marsh
Marshlands and Submergent
Communities, cienegas
Sonoran Maritime Strand and
Atriplex spp., Salicornia spp.
Open/bare
Submergent Communities
Sonoran Interior Strands
Open/bare
B. salicifolia, Nicotiana glauca,
Amaranthus palmeri, Solanum spp.,
Xanthium strumarum
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