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A.920 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.920
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: This alliance contains shrublands dominated by ~Quercus gambelii$. In western Texas this alliance includes montane shrublands, 1-2 m tall, often forming dense thickets at the bases of ledges and bordering talus slopes at 5000-8300 feet elevation. In Texas occurrences, associated species can include ~Holodiscus dumosus$ and ~Symphoricarpos oreophilus$. Additional species found in associations of this alliance include ~Cercocarpus montanus, Carex geyeri, Amelanchier alnifolia, Amelanchier utahensis, Artemisia tridentata, Carex inops, Paxistima myrsinites, Robinia neomexicana$, and ~Symphoricarpos rotundifolius$. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.2545.A920
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:   Scientific: QUERCUS GAMBELII SHRUBLAND ALLIANCE
  Code: A.920
  Common: Gambel Oak Shrubland Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Quercus gambelii Shrubland Alliance