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A.2515 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.2515
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: This xeromorphic upland shrubland alliance occurs locally in the Mojave Desert and southern Great Basin. Stands are found on ridges, hills, slopes and upper bajadas. Substrates are shallow, rocky soils derived from bedrock or alluvium. The vegetation is characterized by an open, xeromorphic, short-shrub layer (0.5-2 m tall) that is dominated or codominated by ~Menodora spinescens$. Other shrubs and dwarf-shrubs present may include ~Picrothamnus desertorum (= Artemisia spinescens), Atriplex confertifolia, Coleogyne ramosissima, Ephedra nevadensis, Hymenoclea salsola, Krascheninnikovia lanata, Lepidium fremontii, Lycium andersonii, Sphaeralcea ambigua$, and ~Tetradymia axillaris$. Emergent ~Yucca brevifolia$ may be scattered through the stand. Herbaceous cover is sparse or absent. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.1777.A2515
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Jun-2001 to: 17-Mar-2005
     
  • status: accepted
  • Community's Parent: IV.B.3.N.a
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: MENODORA SPINESCENS DWARF-SHRUBLAND ALLIANCE
  Code: A.2515
  Common: Greenfire Dwarf-shrubland Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Menodora spinescens Dwarf-shrubland Alliance