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A.2540 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.2540
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: This xeromorphic shrubland alliance occurs from southern California mountains and valleys to the Mojave Desert, north into the southeastern Great Basin. Stands are found on ridges, slopes and valleys above ~Larrea tridentata$- and ~Ambrosia dumosa$-dominated desert scrub and below ~Artemisia tridentata$-dominated shrublands and ~Pinus monophylla$ woodlands. Substrates are coarse-textured soils derived from bedrock or alluvium. The vegetation is characterized by an open, xeromorphic, short-shrub layer (<2 m tall) that is dominated by ~Ericameria teretifolia$. Other shrubs and dwarf-shrubs present may include ~Ephedra viridis, Eriogonum fasciculatum, Grayia spinosa, Gutierrezia sarothrae, Opuntia acanthocarpa, Opuntia chlorotica, Prunus fasciculata, Salazaria mexicana, Salvia dorrii, Sphaeralcea ambigua$, or ~Stephanomeria pauciflora$. The generally sparse herbaceous layer is dominated by perennial graminoids. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.1804.A2540
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.C.3.N.a
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: ERICAMERIA TERETIFOLIA SHRUBLAND ALLIANCE
  Code: A.2540
  Common: Needleleaf Rubber-rabbitbrush Shrubland Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Ericameria teretifolia Shrubland Alliance