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A.865 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.865
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: This saltbush shrubland of the American Southwest occurs in intermittently flooded habitats with saline soils. Dry lakebeds, lakeplains and old lakebeds perched above the current water table are favorable environments. The soils associated with this alliance may be carbonate-rich. This alliance is dominated by ~Atriplex spinifera$. Other species of ~Atriplex$ and other salt-tolerant shrubs may be present. These may include ~Atriplex polycarpa, Atriplex confertifolia, Atriplex canescens, Frankenia salina, Ephedra californica, Hymenoclea salsola$, and ~Distichlis spicata$. The herbaceous layer is variable. Annuals are seasonally present. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.2493.A865
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.b
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: ATRIPLEX SPINIFERA SHRUBLAND ALLIANCE
  Code: A.865
  Common: Spinescale Shrubland Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Atriplex spinifera Shrubland Alliance