Conservation Status
Conservation status indicates how vulnerable a natural community is. Learn more about conservation status, which can be measured globally and regionally.
Global Conservation Status: G4G5 – Apparently Secure to Secure
Subnational Conservation Status:
MD: SNR – Not yet assessed
; VA: S3 – Vulnerable
; WV: S1 – Critically Imperiled
Classification
Official names reduce the confusion by providing a common language for talking about natural communities. Why so many names?
Abbreviated Common Name: Sycamore - River Birch Floodplain Forest
Common Name: Sycamore - River Birch Floodplain Forest (Piedmont-Central Appalachian)
Scientific Name: Platanus occidentalis - Betula nigra - Salix (caroliniana, nigra) Floodplain Forest
Scientific Name Translated: American Sycamore - River Birch - (Coastal Plain Willow, Black Willow) Floodplain Forest
Classification Code: CEGL003896
Associated Ecological System: River Floodplains Ecological System in Harpers Ferry National Historical Park