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A.896 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.896
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: This alliance includes montane shrublands dominated by ~Cercocarpus montanus$ (various varieties), often also with various shrub associates, such as ~Quercus$ spp., ~Dasylirion$ spp., and ~Garrya$ spp. Associated species in western Texas occurrences include ~Quercus turbinella, Quercus grisea$ (shrub form), ~Dasylirion leiophyllum, Ceanothus greggii, Petrophyton caespitosum, Muhlenbergia pauciflora, Muhlenbergia montana$, and ~Muhlenbergia emersleyi$. Additional species from other parts of the range include ~Elymus lanceolatus ssp. lanceolatus, Garrya flavescens, Pseudoroegneria spicata, Rhus trilobata$, and ~Hesperostipa comata (= Stipa comata)$. Associations in this alliance occur on montane slopes, 3000-8000 feet elevation, in the Chihuahuan Desert of western Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and northern Mexico. This alliance also occurs in South Dakota, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, and possibly Nebraska. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.2519.A896
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.B.2.N.a
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Code: A.896
  Scientific: CERCOCARPUS MONTANUS SHRUBLAND ALLIANCE
  Common: Mountain-mahogany Shrubland Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Cercocarpus montanus Shrubland Alliance