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Quercus pungens Shrubland Alliance | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Quercus pungens Shrubland Alliance Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro... Description: This alliance includes evergreen shrublands where Quercus pungens forms thickets with other desert shrubs. Important shrub associates can include Rhus virens, Rhus trilobata, Rhus microphylla, Fraxinus greggii, Ceanothus greggii, Quercus mohriana, Quercus turbinella, Sophora secundiflora, Fendlera rupicola, Glossopetalon spp. (= Forsellesia spp.), Salvia pinguifolia, Garrya ovata, and Garrya wrightii. Ground cover is typically sparse with scattered grasses, forbs, and ferns. Some typical herbaceous components include Bouteloua curtipendula, Aristida spp., Astrolepis sinuata (= Notholaena sinuata), and Notholaena standleyi. Shrublands in this alliance are small in extent and occur in a matrix of succulent desert scrub and semi-desert grassland. Quercus pungens shrublands are typically found on steep, rocky slopes, often sheltered slopes in canyons, at middle to high elevations (3500-8700 feet, 1060-2650 m) in the mountains of the Trans-Pecos and south to the mountains of northern Mexico. These shrublands are often, but not always, associated with calcareous substrates.  Accession Code: VB.CC.25623.QUERCUSPUNGENSS Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 01-May-2019
	status: accepted This Community's Level: Alliance This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Scientific: Quercus pungens Shrubland Alliance   Translated: Sandpaper Oak Shrubland Alliance   UID: HIGHER_CLASS_UNIT.2.125536 NatureServe Explorer   Code: A.783