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Coleogyne ramosissima Shrubland | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Coleogyne ramosissima Shrubland
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This broadly defined shrubland association occurs in the Colorado Plateau, southern Great Basin, Mojave Desert, and Sierra Nevada foothills in areas with hot summers and cold winters. Sites are gently sloping to flat. In Nevada, stands occur on lower foothills and upper bajadas often with cooler northern and eastern aspects. Substrates tend to be shallow, calcareous, sandy- or loamy-textured soils, often with a caliche subhorizon. Gravel, boulders and rock outcrops are common in many stands. The vegetation is characterized by an open to moderately dense short-shrub layer (10-50% cover) that is dominated by the deciduous, microphyllous shrub Coleogyne ramosissima. It can occur in almost pure stands. Other shrubs and dwarf-shrubs may be present with low cover including Ambrosia dumosa, Atriplex spp., Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus, Ephedra spp., Ericameria spp., Gutierrezia spp., Krascheninnikovia lanata, Lycium spp., Menodora spinescens, Opuntia spp., and Yucca baccata. Occasional Juniperus spp., Pinus edulis, or Pinus monophylla trees are present in some stands. The herbaceous layer generally includes sparse cover of graminoids and forbs, except during wet years when cover of annuals may be high. Cover of introduced annual Bromus spp. may be high in disturbed stands. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.22316.COLEOGYNERAMOSI
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Scientific: Coleogyne ramosissima Shrubland
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686499 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Translated: Blackbrush Shrubland
  Code: CEGL001332
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Coleogyne ramosissima Shrubland