BIOLOGY TECHNICAL NOTE NO. TN-6
April 23, 2003
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RIPARIAN ZONE PLANT SELECTION
by
Michael E. Zeman
State Biologist
Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
Nashville, Tennessee
(Photograph Courtesy of NRCS)
TREES 1
FLOOD/SATURATION TOLERANCES 2
Ash, Green
Four (4) weeks flooding, 8 weeks saturation.
Poorly to moderately well drained clays and loams.
Ash, White
Rich, moist fertile and high-calcium soils.
Moderately well drained. Very short flood tolerance.
Baldcypress
Many weeks flooding or saturation, very poorly drained clay soils;
very poorly drained phases.
Native range is coastal plain soils.
Blackgum
Well drained stream terraces.
Very short flood and saturation tolerance.
Cottonwood
Moist, well drained, fine sandy or silt loams.
One week flooding, two weeks saturation.
Dogwood, Flowering
Well drained soils.
No flooding.
Lighter textured soils.
Hawthorne, Washington
Moist, well drained.
No flood tolerance.
Maple, Red
From long flooding and long saturation to droughty sites.
Fourteen (14) days flooding, 60 days saturation, depending on
subspecies.
Oak, Cherrybark
One week flooding, two weeks saturation.
Well drained loams.
Oak, Nuttall
Eight weeks flooding or saturation.
Heavy, poorly drained clays, clay loams.
BIOLOGY TECHNICAL NOTE NO. TN-6
April 23, 2003
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TREES CONT'D.
FLOOD/SATURATION TOLERANCES
Oak, Overcup
Eight weeks flooding or saturation.
Heavy, poorly drained clays, clay loams.
Oak, Pin
Clays, clay loams.
Short flood tolerance.
Long duration saturation.
Does well on level pan soils.
Oak, Sawtooth
Moist, well drained sandy to silt loams.
Short flood tolerance.
Oak, Shumard
Two weeks flooding, four weeks saturation.
Moderately well drained loams.
Oak, Swamp Chestnut
Moderately well drained silty clays and loams.
Stream terraces.
Very short flood tolerance.
Oak, Swamp White
Short flood tolerance, long saturation tolerance.
Oak, Water
Better drained silty clay or loam soils.
Two months