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Arctostaphylos pungens Shrubland | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Arctostaphylos pungens Shrubland
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This chaparral association has been described from the Virgin Mountains in southern Nevada, Markagunt Plateau in southwestern Utah, the Mogollon Rim in Arizona south to the Animas Mountains in southwestern New Mexico. Sites include dry, gentle to moderate slopes of mountains and plateaus. Substrates are variable and range from rocky, coarse-textured soil to clay loam. The vegetation is characterized by a typically dense, tall-shrub layer dominated by Arctostaphylos pungens (50-70% cover) with sparse short-shrub or herbaceous layers. Associated shrubs vary geographically with Arctostaphylos patula, Amelanchier utahensis, Ceanothus spp., Cercocarpus ledifolius, Ephedra viridis, Garrya flavescens, Mahonia fremontii, Quercus gambelii, Quercus turbinella, or Robinia neomexicana present in the northern extant and Arctostaphylos pringlei, Ceanothus spp., Garrya wrightii, Nolina microcarpa, Quercus hypoleucoides, Quercus turbinella, or scattered Quercus rugosa or Pinus discolor trees present in the southern extent. The herbaceous layer, if present, consists of sparse cover of grasses or forbs. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.20542.ARCTOSTAPHYLOSP
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Translated: Mexican Manzanita Shrubland
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685500 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL000958
  Scientific: Arctostaphylos pungens Shrubland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Arctostaphylos pungens Shrubland