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A.1241 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.1241
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: This alliance has been described from the Tularosa Basin in the northern Chihuahuan Desert and the southern Colorado Plateau. Elevation ranges from 1185-2730 m. Stands are reported from playas, sandy floodplains and mesas. The vegetation is characterized by a dense perennial graminoid layer of medium-tall and short grasses that form a sod (>50% cover) that is codominated by ~Sporobolus airoides$ and ~Bouteloua gracilis$. Occasional shrubs may be present including ~Atriplex$ spp., ~Ephedra$ spp., ~Ericameria nauseosa$, or ~Gutierrezia sarothrae$. Little information is available about vegetation in this alliance. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.1007.A1241
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Mar-2005
     
  • status: accepted
  • Community's Parent: V.A.5.N.c
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Code: A.1241
  Scientific: SPOROBOLUS AIROIDES SOD HERBACEOUS ALLIANCE
  Common: Alkali Sacaton Sod Herbaceous Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Sporobolus airoides Sod Herbaceous Alliance