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A.1524 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.1524
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: Stands of the alliance occur on mesas on the Colorado Plateau. A stand has been described from a small woodland park at 2220 m elevation on south end of Bridger Jack Mesa in southern Utah. Slopes are gentle to moderate, and aspects are generally eastern. Soil is loamy fine sand derived from eolian deposits overlaying sandstone. Stands are characterized by a moderate graminoid layer dominated by the medium-tall bunchgrass ~Leymus salinus ssp. salinus$ with a sparse shrub layer dominated by the evergreen shrub ~Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus$. Other grasses present include ~Achnatherum hymenoides (= Oryzopsis hymenoides)$ and patches of ~Bouteloua gracilis$. Associated shrubs and dwarf-shrubs, such as ~Amelanchier utahensis, Artemisia tridentata, Ephedra viridis, Gutierrezia sarothrae, Mahonia fremontii$, and ~Yucca baccata$, were scattered in the park. Young ~Pinus edulis$ and ~Juniperus osteosperma$ trees were also present in the stand. The forb layer was sparse This grassland stand was surrounded by a ~Juniperus$ woodland and an ~Artemisia tridentata - Ephedra viridis$ shrubland. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.1283.A1524
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.7.N.e
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: CHRYSOTHAMNUS VISCIDIFLORUS SHRUB HERBACEOUS ALLIANCE
  Code: A.1524
  Common: Green Rabbitbrush Shrub Herbaceous Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus Shrub Herbaceous Alliance