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A.783 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.783
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: This alliance includes evergreen shrublands where ~Quercus pungens$ forms thickets with other desert shrubs. Important shrub associates can include ~Rhus virens, Rhus trilobata, Rhus microphylla, Fraxinus greggii, Ceanothus greggii, Quercus mohriana, Quercus turbinella, Sophora secundiflora, Fendlera rupicola, Glossopetalon$ spp. (= ~Forsellesia$ spp.), ~Salvia pinguifolia, Garrya ovata$, and ~Garrya wrightii$. Ground cover is typically sparse with scattered grasses, forbs, and ferns. Some typical herbaceous components include ~Bouteloua curtipendula, Aristida$ spp., ~Astrolepis sinuata (= Notholaena sinuata)$, and ~Notholaena standleyi$. Shrublands in this alliance are small in extent and occur in a matrix of succulent desert scrub and semi-desert grassland. ~Quercus pungens$ shrublands are typically found on steep, rocky slopes, often sheltered slopes in canyons, at middle to high elevations (3500-8700 feet, 1060-2650 m) in the mountains of the Trans-Pecos and south to the mountains of northern Mexico. These shrublands are often, but not always, associated with calcareous substrates. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.2414.A783
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Mar-2005
     
  • status: accepted
  • Community's Parent: III.A.2.N.c
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: QUERCUS PUNGENS SHRUBLAND ALLIANCE
  Code: A.783
  Common: Sandpaper Oak Shrubland Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Quercus pungens Shrubland Alliance