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A.2526 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.2526
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: This alliance occurs in a variety of upland habitats in the southwestern deserts from southern California to the Sonoran Desert in western Arizona, and extends into Nevada. Sites are commonly moderate to steep colluvial slopes. Stands may also be found in valleys on rocky or bouldery alluvium and along washes and arroyos. Disturbance may be important to stands of this alliance. Soils are coarse-textured and often derived from granitic or volcanic rock. The vegetation is characterized by an open shrub layer dominated by the facultatively deciduous ~Viguiera parishii$. Other short shrubs and dwarf-shrubs present may include ~Agave deserti, Bebbia juncea, Ephedra nevadensis, Encelia farinosa, Ericameria teretifolia, Eriogonum fasciculatum, Ferocactus cylindraceus, Galium stellatum, Gutierrezia microcephala, Krameria grayi, Opuntia acanthocarpa, Salazaria mexicana, Salvia dorrii, Simmondsia chinensis$, or ~Yucca schidigera$. Occasional emergent tall shrubs or small trees may be present such as ~Acacia greggii, Fouquieria splendens$, or ~Juniperus californica$. The herbaceous layer is generally sparse. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.1789.A2526
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 28-Jun-2001 to: 17-Mar-2005
     
  • status: accepted
  • Community's Parent: III.B.3.N.a
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: VIGUIERA PARISHII SHRUBLAND ALLIANCE
  Code: A.2526
  Common: Parish's Goldeneye Shrubland Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Viguiera parishii Shrubland Alliance