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Artemisia nova / Elymus elymoides Shrubland | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Artemisia nova / Elymus elymoides Shrubland Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of... Description: This association is found in the foothills, plateaus and mountains of Nevada and Utah. Stands occur on well-drained slopes, knolls and ridges. Substrates are typically shallow, gravelly or stony soils derived from calcareous parent materials such as limestone. These soils are frequently coarse-textured, but subsoil argillic horizons are common. There is often an impenetrable subsurface layer from a duripan, caliche, or bedrock. Artemisia nova plants often grow in adjacent Artemisia tridentata shrublands that are found on deeper soils in basins. Combined ground cover of bare ground, rock and gravel is often high (about 70% cover). Litter is concentrated under the shrub canopies. The vegetation is characterized by an open dwarf-shrub canopy (10-30% cover) that is dominated by Artemisia nova and a sparse herbaceous layer dominated by the perennial graminoid Elymus elymoides with scattered forbs. Atriplex confertifolia, Artemisia tridentata, Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus, Ephedra nevadensis, Ephedra viridis, and Grayia spinosa are common shrub associates that may be present in smaller amounts. The herbaceous layer includes low cover of species of Comandra, Cryptantha, Erigeron, Eriogonum, Machaeranthera, Phlox, Penstemon, and Poa secunda. Introduced annual graminoids such as Bromus rubens and Bromus tectorum are common in disturbed stands.  Accession Code: VB.CC.23674.ARTEMISIANOVAEL Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Nov-2014
	status: accepted Community's Parent: Artemisia nova Shrubland Alliance This Community's Level: Association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Translated: Black Sagebrush / Bottlebrush Shrubland   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686437 NatureServe Explorer   Code: CEGL001418   Scientific: Artemisia nova / Elymus elymoides Shrubland (convergence) and Synonyms: (undetermined) Artemisia nova / Elymus elymoides Shrubland