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A.866 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.866
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: This alliance includes vegetation dominated by ~Allenrolfea occidentalis$, occurring in alkaline flats, along the margins of salt lakes, in depressions among gypsum ridges, and near saline streams. The nominal species can cover large acreages, with little else except barren soil. Associated species in western Texas occurrences include ~Suaeda suffrutescens var. detonsa, Sporobolus airoides, Sporobolus wrightii, Tamarix ramosissima, Atriplex canescens$, and ~Distichlis spicata$. In Utah, ~Allenrolfea occidentalis$ occurs with ~Atriplex gardneri$. This alliance is known from saline habitats throughout the arid western United States, as far north as Oregon, and south into Mexico. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.2494.A866
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: ALLENROLFEA OCCIDENTALIS SHRUBLAND ALLIANCE
  Code: A.866
  Common: Iodine Bush Shrubland Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Allenrolfea occidentalis Shrubland Alliance