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Artemisia tridentata / Sporobolus cryptandrus - Achnatherum hymenoides Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Artemisia tridentata / Sporobolus cryptandrus - Achnatherum hymenoides Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This association is known only from the upper Rio Puerco watershed in northwestern New Mexico where it occurs on alluvial flats with weakly developed, loamy to mixed shallow soils (Entisols) at an average elevation of 7000 feet. Bare soil is extensive and total plant cover is low (21.8%). Although there is high species diversity, only seven species contributed to more than 80% of this cover. They are in order of percent cover: Sporobolus cryptandrus, Artemisia tridentata, Eriogonum spp., Sporobolus contractus, Achnatherum hymenoides (= Oryzopsis hymenoides), Asteraceae spp., and Machaeranthera pinnatifida. Canopy cover for Achnatherum hymenoides is very low (0.4%) and hence probably should not be considered in the community type name. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.20174.ARTEMISIATRIDEN
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Translated: Basin Big Sagebrush / Sand Dropseed - Indian Ricegrass Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684238 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL001545
  Scientific: Artemisia tridentata / Sporobolus cryptandrus - Achnatherum hymenoides Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation
  Common: Big Sagebrush / Sand Dropseed - Indian Ricegrass
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Artemisia tridentata / Sporobolus cryptandrus - Achnatherum hymenoides Shrub Herbaceous Vegetation