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A.881 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.881
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: This desert shrubland alliance of the Mojave and Colorado deserts grows on rocky, well-drained slopes between 50 and 2500 m elevation. The yearly precipitation totals are quite low, averaging between 10 and 25 cm. Year-to-year precipitation variability can be quite large. Stands of this shrubland have a sparse, emergent tree layer of 3-5% total cover of ~Yucca schidigera$ over a shrub canopy. Shrubs present may include ~Ferocactus cylindraceus, Pleuraphis rigida, Coleogyne ramosissima, Encelia farinosa, Opuntia$ spp., ~Echinocactus polycephalus, Agave deserti, Echinocereus engelmannii, Simmondsia chinensis, Peucephyllum schottii$, and ~Ambrosia dumosa$. The herbaceous layer is open, with annuals seasonally present. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.2510.A881
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.c
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: YUCCA SCHIDIGERA SHRUBLAND ALLIANCE
  Code: A.881
  Common: Mojave Yucca Shrubland Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Yucca schidigera Shrubland Alliance