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A.851 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.851
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: The bulk of the distribution of this alliance in the United States is west of Texas, in New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, and California. Stands found in southeastern to western Texas are on low-elevation flats below 1050 m (3500 feet). These shrublands are dominated by ~Larrea tridentata$. Associated species in Texas can include ~Parthenium incanum, Atriplex canescens, Flourensia cernua, Agave lechuguilla, Bouteloua eriopoda, Bouteloua ramosa, Euphorbia antisyphilitica, Dasyochloa pulchella (= Erioneuron pulchellum), Flourensia cernua, Hechtia texensis, Jatropha dioica var. graminea, Opuntia schottii, Prosopis glandulosa, Tiquilia greggii$, and ~Acacia$ spp. This alliance is also a widespread disturbance type that has spread into former desert grasslands and mixed shrublands. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.2480.A851
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.5.N.a
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: LARREA TRIDENTATA SHRUBLAND ALLIANCE
  Code: A.851
  Common: Creosotebush Shrubland Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Larrea tridentata Shrubland Alliance