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Bouteloua eriopoda Xeromorphic Shrub Herbaceous Alliance | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Bouteloua eriopoda Xeromorphic Shrub Herbaceous Alliance
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: Vegetation in this alliance is dominated by short sod grasses with a sparse xeromorphic shrub layer 1-3 m tall. Grasslands in this Chihuahuan Desert alliance are dominated by the perennial shortgrass Bouteloua eriopoda, with a sparse xeromorphic shrub canopy of one or more of the following shrubs: Ayenia microphylla, Dasylirion wheeleri, Ephedra torreyana, Ephedra trifurca, Parthenium incanum, and/or Yucca elata. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.20067.BOUTELOUAERIOPO
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: Bouteloua eriopoda Xeromorphic Shrub Herbaceous Alliance
  Translated: Black Grama Xeromorphic Shrub Herbaceous Alliance
  UID: HIGHER_CLASS_UNIT.2.125243 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A.1553