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A.2537 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.2537
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: This xeromorphic tall shrubland alliance is found in the Mojave, Colorado and Sonoran deserts. Stands occur locally in minor washes, arroyos, floodplains or steep, lower colluvial slopes of canyons where additional soil moisture is available. Substrates are typically cobbly or bouldery alluvium or rocky colluvium. The vegetation is characterized by an open to intermittent, xeromorphic, tall-shrub layer (3-6 m tall) that is dominated by ~Hyptis emoryi$ over a short-shrub layer. Other tall shrubs/small trees present may include ~Acacia greggii, Chilopsis linearis, Olneya tesota, Parkinsonia florida$, or ~Psorothamnus spinosus$. A sparse short-shrub layer of species such as ~Bebbia juncea, Encelia farinosa, Hymenoclea salsola, Justicia californica, Larrea tridentata, Opuntia basilaris, Psorothamnus schottii$, or ~Trixis californica$ may also be present. The herbaceous layer is sparse and consists of annuals or is absent. Diagnostic of stands of this alliance is a tall-shrub layer with cover of ~Hyptis emoryi$ that is over 5% and exceeds the cover of any other shrub. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.1801.A2537
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 16-Oct-2001 to: 17-Mar-2005
     
  • status: accepted
  • Community's Parent: III.B.3.N.b
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: HYPTIS EMORYI INTERMITTENTLY FLOODED SHRUBLAND ALLIANCE
  Code: A.2537
  Common: Desert-lavender Intermittently Flooded Shrubland Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Hyptis emoryi Intermittently Flooded Shrubland Alliance